Dusty Chalk Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 120GB for $250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 (edited) 120GB for $250 Link doesn't work. EDIT - Weird, but now it works. Edited November 18, 2010 by Salt Peanuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 Really? Worked for me. Here, try this (and click on the first link). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 Indeed it's a 2.5" drive. I have 3 of them. Alas, people ignore me in this thread I'm not enough of an enabler. I did play with an AppleTV today, and I want one. Oh I'm listening, just not with a Mac on the mind. My Alienware has two internal bays, I'm thinking a Momentus would be a great primary drive with a standard HD for large cap storage in the second bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 Indeed it's a 2.5" drive. I have 3 of them. Alas, people ignore me in this thread I'm not enough of an enabler. I did play with an AppleTV today, and I want one. Oh I'm listening, just not with a Mac on the mind. My Alienware has two internal bays, I'm thinking a Momentus would be a great primary drive with a standard HD for large cap storage in the second bay. And it's $105 for 500gb right now (with promo code). If my MacBook wasn't so ancient, I'd consider replacing its drive, too. Newegg.com - Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ Solid State Hybrid Drive -Bare Drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 For online access to hdds, perhaps this: Pogoplug Pro enables remote access to four USB hard drives, adds inbuilt WiFi -- Engadget should be a consideration. That looks really great. Plug in up to 4 existing HDs (I have a few scattered about), access from any web browser via their included online service, so no messing round with IP addresses, apps for your mobile device to access the HDs (iPad for me), desktop app for drag and drop on your PC, cloud/mobile printing, including from iPad, built in media streaming to PS3 or XBox (just got an Xbox for Christmas!), and to any HTML5 device (iPad again), auto mirroring for backup to a second pogoplug which can be in a different location. All for $99 each. That just seems perfect for a general user like me. Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 And it's $105 for 500gb right now (with promo code). If my MacBook wasn't so ancient, I'd consider replacing its drive, too. Newegg.com - Seagate Momentus XT ST95005620AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ Solid State Hybrid Drive -Bare Drive Thanks Haj, at that price I just grabbed one to see how it does in the M17x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manaox2 Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 The Intel X-25M 120GB for $250 seems like a great deal. Its a premium SSD and the bigger the SSD is allowing for more free space tends to make it faster too with wear leveling. That and a pogoplug pro seems like a potent combo to me. If your using windows 7, you can get a cheaper OCZ 120GB SSD that will perform just as well as the intel though practically with its built-in wipe and SSD management functions. Intel is better for XP or standard linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 I wondered about that - I'm still running XP. I ordered the Crucial 64GB and feel that capacity is all I really need. Hopefull it's ok. Regarding wear leveling - you can't defrag a SSD, I take it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 I looked it up ... thanks for no shovel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 you can't defrag a SSD, I take it? More appropriately, you don't need to defrag an SSD. The whole point of defragging is so that individual files and related files are kept at the same physical location on a HDD, so that physical seek time of the read head is minimised. With the SSD you no longer have a physical seek time. File access times should be consistently low regardless of how far apart the bits are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted November 18, 2010 Report Share Posted November 18, 2010 Makes sense, thanks for the explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MASantos Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 Head's up: T.J. Maxx Offering 16 GB Wi-Fi iPads for $399 [updated: Marshalls Too] - Mac Rumors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 Because...when I think, "I want to buy an iPad", I think clothing store? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MASantos Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 It could also be a fast food place or an hotel! It's cheaper so it doesn't really matter does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 Safari has become almost unusable for me. I get the stupid beachball constantly. Now I need to figure out if it's Safari or the iMac. The iMac has been slowing down over the last several months. I'm afraid it doesn't have much longer to live... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted November 21, 2010 Report Share Posted November 21, 2010 Safari has become almost unusable for me. I get the stupid beachball constantly. Now I need to figure out if it's Safari or the iMac. The iMac has been slowing down over the last several months. I'm afraid it doesn't have much longer to live... It's been slowing down of late for me as well, along with more crashes, on both my MacBook and iMacs. Probably doesn't help that both of these machines are ~3-years-old at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 I have the newest Safari and I've reset it, reinstalled, etc. My iMac is from early 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 2GB, which I believe is the max for this model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monkey Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 And not as good as 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 That reminds me, I need to shoehorn 4GB into my early 2008 MacBook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knuckledragger Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Apple has some Black Friday deals going: Welcome to the Apple Store - Apple Store (U.S.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 It's mildly shocking to see the iPad discounted. I wonder if Steve is worried about sales numbers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted November 27, 2010 Report Share Posted November 27, 2010 Maybe that's one of them "reel 'em in" things that I used to hear sales were used for. I mean, it's not like it's discounted to the point of loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvlgato Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 FYI, if you are having or have had video problems with your MBP purchased between May 2007 and Sep 2008, there is a pending class action lawsuit likely to be settled by NVIDIA on Dec 20, 2010. There is an issue regarding overheating and related video card (GPU) failures. You may be entitled to reimbursement or replacement. I recently got Dell to replace my D630 for ongoing problems likely related to this. The NVIDIA GPU Litigation - Home Page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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