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Mac: Crucial M4 256GB on a MacBook Pro 17" i5 (mid 2010)

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Preamble:-  The  innards of a drunkard Spool juxtaposed with the organised lockstep of Flash is apt when comparing the two technologies. R ead and write speeds on the HDD were 60Mbps average. With the SSD, speeds average 250Mbps, operating temperature is down 10 degrees and battery life is up by an hour. Alex Peters • 'Alvin's' Polka Dots and Moonbeams  ∆ The original drive was a Hitachi HDD 500GB 5400rpm of which about 50GB was used the past three years. I installed Crucial’s M4 256GB SSD in place of the HDD - the 'bottleneck' in the era of Flash. The M4 series is Crucial's second generation after the C300. The M500 with its 19nm MLC Flash architecture (introduced April 2013) is the current and third generation. M4 supports the SATA II/3GB/s interface and although the M500 supports SATA III/6GB/s, Crucial has confirmed that it is (backward) compatible with the (SATA II) 3GB/s interface.  Innards of a drunkard Spool juxtapose...

Mariam Farhat's legacy

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Hamas MP, Mariam Farhat, passed away in March 2013. Hamas 101 has a take on her and her sons whom she encouraged to become suicide bombers. The video (from Memri) depicts a children's program aired by Hamas’ Al Aqsa TV featuring some of her grandchildren and their friends discussing her legacy. Words - Tommy Peters (Advanced appreciation is rendered for materials used without the express permission of copyright owners) Lenka • Live Like You're Dying