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Mac: Crucial M500 480GB on a MacBook Pro 17" i7 (2010)

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∆   Announcement :- Ive transforms Forstall in September 2013  ∆ Setting up the MacBook Pro (depicted below) in 2010

Mac: Crucial M500 120GB on a Black MacBook 13" (2006)

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It’s akin to beefing up an old Hillman at the ankles, giving it a new heart and thighs and ask it to reminisce the days of yore. As SSDs make the new PROs and AIRs fast, Danny Dilshod’s 2006 MacBook Black has ejected its lazy HDD for the quick brown fox.

Mac: MacPro 2013 • Veyron

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With the launch of the Veyron, some brilliant people have resurrected the soul-catcher of the century. Post in progress - (the audio in the clip is by Alex Peters who rendered the Sinatra classic at Flatfish Studio)

Mac: SanDisk Ultra Plus 256G on a MacBook Pro 17" i5 (mid 2010)

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The images depict the swapping of the 500GB Hitachi HDD for a 256GB SanDisk SSD and installing the swapped HDD in a MCE OptiBay in place of the rarely used SuperDrive that has found a new home in a bus powered bootable USB 2.0 MCE enclosure. Angie • Stereophonics  ∆ Innards of a drunkard Spool juxtaposed with the lockstep of Flash  ∆ From 60 to 260  ∆ (Before)  Hitachi 500GB 5400rpm HDD • 60Mbps average  ∆  (After)  SanDisk 256GB SSD • 260Mbps average  ∆ SSD installed  ∆ Firmware updated  ∆   Trim enabled  ∆ Instruction gem  >  ' Please don't squeeze the HDD when make the installment' -   ∆ 500GB Hitachi HDD installed in the OptiBay  ∆ OptiBay installed  ∆ The SuperDrive is installed in the USB 2.0 MCE enclosure  ∆ End result  • The 256GB SSD works alongside the 500GB HDD in the same machine  ∆ Software :- Disk Utility, Su...

Mac: Crucial M500 480GB SSD on an iMac 27" i7 (late 2009)

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Tommy Emmanuel • Classical Gas  ∆ Innards of a drunkard Spool juxtaposed with the lockstep of Flash  ∆ From  115 to 255 • The old (CTO) 'bullet train' • 2.8Ghz Core i7 • 16GB RAM • 1067 Mhz • DDR3 (Before) Hitachi 2TB 7200rpm HDD • 115Mbps average  ∆ (After) Crucial M500 480GB SSD • 255Mbps average  ∆  Overview depicting the HDD assembly in the centre  ∆ Close-up of the (blue) Jumper Block, SATA Data, SATA Power and Thermal Sensor plugs  ∆ Prepping the Crucial SSD on a Sandisk 3.5" adaptor  ∆ The (coffee table) workbench  ∆ The 'overkill' glass lifter  ∆ Masking the glass upon removal (for dust and smudge protection)  ∆ Mask the LCD screen before lifting (for dust and smudge protection)  ∆ Remove the RAM cards  ∆ Remove the Vertical Sync cable  ∆ Prop the LCD screen with chopsticks  ∆ Overview of the HDD as...