If any of you have done a rotating platter to SATA SSD upgrade, how?would you characterize the performance boost?
I've done that with a MacBook Pro. The improvement in speed is around?x6 (yes, times six) in both boot times and program loading. This is with a?Samsung 840 Pro. Of course, tasks that are CPU-bound don't speed up¡?
Years ago I replaced a 320 or 500 GB HDD in a previous (maybe 2009) MBPro with a 500 GB SATA SSD from OWC.
Really impressive speedup, but I don¡¯t remember the numbers. Probably like Otto¡¯s results.
When I moved to my present MBPro (late 2013), I swapped those drives back, but left the SSD in the external case, because the newer laptop came with a 500 GB blade-type SSD.
I¡¯m now thinking of upgrading this blade-SSD to either 1 or 2 TB, and putting the original equipment 500 GB one in an external case.
Sort of your operation, but on a laptop. Simpler.
Jim Saklad