"KirkyV" (KirkyV)
11/03/2015 at 23:28 • Filed to: None
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"KirkyV" (KirkyV)
11/03/2015 at 23:28 • Filed to: None | 2
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I’m doing, like, three things on it right now—any one of which would’ve brought it grinding to a halt previously. No jet engine noises, either!
Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
> KirkyV
11/03/2015 at 23:53 |
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SSDs couldn’t get cheaper any faster. Less moving parts and less heat is freaking lovely.
Dunnik
> KirkyV
11/03/2015 at 23:57 |
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Dear KirkyV,
We’re sorry you have the skill and knowledge to install an SSD in a MacBook. We tried our best to engineer it so that you’d just have to buy a new one if you needed to upgrade.
Also very sorry we didn’t get a chance to milk you at the Apple Store, our Geniuses do have families to feed!
Your Friend,
Apple.
P.S. Have you seen our new iThing? You should buy it!
d15b
> KirkyV
11/04/2015 at 00:12 |
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How do you install an OS on your new HD if your only copy is on the old (stock) HD?
this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata
> Dunnik
11/04/2015 at 00:19 |
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Weirdly, I’ve found apple products very easy to work on, especially my iPhone. Everything is very well thought out, seems well engineered.
Of course, the ‘geniuses’ still struggle. I’ve completely given up on trusting anything apple tech support says, just like they seem to completely disregard any and all pertinent information I might provide to help troubleshoot.
Of course their newest solid state notebooks are a slightly different story, because the only way to make a computer that thin and light is to start giving up on large components all together and just glue shit down wherever it fits.
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KirkyV
> d15b
11/04/2015 at 00:39 |
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Put a copy of the OS installer on a USB stick. Google ‘OS X USB stick’, or something like that, for the method. There's a utility, DiskMaker X, that works pretty well.
Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
> Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
11/04/2015 at 01:18 |
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I think 500GB SSDs are getting under 200 now - Picked up a Samsung 850 EVO and was proud of it until I bought my MSi laptop.
Tapas
> Dunnik
11/04/2015 at 03:27 |
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Yea, thats what they’ve done with the MBPs made after the one he has.
Echo51
> KirkyV
11/04/2015 at 03:28 |
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Laptop 2.5” harddrives really are the worstest ever. Also put a SSD in dad’s laptop since i got tired of him always complaining about it being slow.
yitznewton
> KirkyV
11/04/2015 at 06:22 |
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SSD is the best upgrade for an old system IME
lunr
> d15b
11/04/2015 at 09:31 |
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SuperDuper and Carbon Copy Cloner for Mac OS are also great tools to clone your existing drive and its data to the new drive.
SuperDuper is free but also accepts donations, CCC has a trial period but its more than enough time to do the clone.