Mac: Crucial M500 480GB on a MacBook Pro 17" i5 (mid 2010)

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Crucial M500 series (introduced April 2013: F/W MU02)  ∆

Alex Peters • Soldier of Fortune  ∆

Last week I tested Crucial's M4 SSD on a MacBook Pro 17” i5 (mid 2010) that showed read and write speeds at 250Mbps average, as seen below.
Crucial M4 256GB reading 250Mbps average  ∆

This evening, I swapped the M4 for the M500 series (introduced April 2013) that showed almost similar read and write speeds at 255Mbps average.
Almost similar readings on the Crucial M500 480GB at 255Mbps average  ∆

Although startup and shutdown improved by 2-3 seconds, there is hardly any improvement in RW speeds over the M4. This is due to limitations posed by the 3GB/s link speeds of the older controllers which the M4 is configured for. For the 6GB/s link speeds introduced 2011 onwards, the M500 is said to publish clock speeds nearing 500Mbps.

Lancing the boil. Posted below is the original Hitachi 500GB 5400rpm, chugging along at nicely at 60 odd on the same machine before the upgrade. It appears that falling prices of flash storage has designated HDDs the horse-carriage of the motorcar era.
60 average • HDD speeds at its best • the 'bottle-neck' in the era of Flash  ∆
Innards of a drunkard Spool juxtaposed with the lockstep of Flash
Swapping the M4 256GB for the M500 480GB  ∆

Software:- BlackMagic, Disk Utility, SuperDuper!,  Trim Enabler.

Cost (@Viewnet, LowYat Plaza, Kuala Lumpur):- As it stands, the M500 480GB retails at RM1175.00 per unit that translates to RM1.62 per GB whereas the older M4 256GB is RM580.00 per unit that translates to RM2.26 per GB.

Post Script: Alex Peters renders a Deep Purple signature at a seedy dive in Kuala Lumpur.

Words, Work - Tommy Peters
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