Preparation is complete... - Page 2

acosmichippo · 09-02-2009, 03:43 PM

I don't wanna show a wide-angle right now due to my room's condition, but it is awesome. I'm restoring from my MBP's time machine backup now.

Napoleon_PhoneApart · 09-02-2009, 07:05 PM

I have to admit to being more than a little jealous...

acosmichippo · 09-02-2009, 07:11 PM

Once it's done transferring, I'm going to try to take the bluray drive from my external enclosure and install it in the expansion slot... Hopefully it's a standard size...

acosmichippo · 09-02-2009, 09:20 PM

well, it's awesome. While transferring data from two external USB hard drives, AND doing a time machine backup, handbrake was encoding video at an average of 55fps, which is roughly twice as fast as my macbook would do it with no other processes running.

and i haven't even been able to install Snow Leopard yet.

chris · 09-02-2009, 09:23 PM

Enjoy all the goodness that comes in that box.

I'm thinking about an Intel SSD for my boot drive. Seems New Egg cannot keep them in stock long enough for me to order one.

acosmichippo · 09-02-2009, 09:26 PM

i had been considering that as well. SLC or MLC?

chris · 09-02-2009, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by acosmichippo

i had been considering that as well. SLC or MLC?

I believe it's MLC. It's this Intel drive. It was $249 last week, but I missed the boat at that price.

I had the original MacBook Air and it was sluggish to me. I ended up getting a refurb with the SSD and it made all the difference in the world. I'm thinking my Mac Pro would be a beast with an SSD for the start up disk. I have to plan out how I'd use those precious 80GB.

acosmichippo · 09-02-2009, 09:51 PM

oh, damn, that's a great price.

you seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs

acosmichippo · 09-10-2009, 03:33 PM

Just installed an nvidia GTX 285... Gonna be trying it out on Aion as soon as the driver updates...

I'll have to get a pic of the inside of this thing.

Napoleon_PhoneApart · 09-10-2009, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by chris

I believe it's MLC. It's this Intel drive. It was $249 last week, but I missed the boat at that price.

I had the original MacBook Air and it was sluggish to me. I ended up getting a refurb with the SSD and it made all the difference in the world. I'm thinking my Mac Pro would be a beast with an SSD for the start up disk. I have to plan out how I'd use those precious 80GB.

Are SSDs really that much faster than standard issue hard drives? I know that they should be, but the real-world reviews I've read vary as to the real difference.