SSD-FTW

Reading about Jason Snell’s experience upgrading his old Mac mini to a new SSD drive reminded me of some of the terrible experiences some of my less technical friends and family have been complaining about. Like Jason, I too have said it endlessly:

spinning hard drives are really slow. The little 5400-rpm spinning disc inside the Mac mini was making it painful to use for just about anything—every act, from launching apps to opening Finder windows, was torture.

It’s worth repeating though, if you are still using a standard spinning HD as your main drive you should really consider upgrading to an SSD. The difference will astound you. My wife had been happily using a MacBook with an SSD from 2008 until upgrading to the new MacBook this Christmas. Amazingly, despite being so old, with the SSD it was still remarkably fast. Yet with a standard drive it is basically unusable.

Likewise my sister upgraded her 2013 MacBook Pro to an SSD this holiday break and it was like receiving a brand new laptop. In many cases (both of my family’s MacBooks included) the upgrade process is simpler than you’d think. For most MacBooks and MacBook Pros it is rather simple and definitely worth the time and little bit of money.

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