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24-02-13, 08:54 PM

I have one of these - a 750 GB - which I have installed in a drive caddy in what was the optical drive bay of my 2009 vintage MacBook Pro. I also replaced the original HDD with a Samsung SSD (128 GB) that is exclusively for the OS files and main apps like Office that are not continuously rewritten; it now boots from cold in about 20 seconds. This drive was recommended as a suitable upgrade for Macs.

As I understand it the hybrid part of the name refers more to the drive architecture than to a separate slice of solid state mass storage that piggy backs on a conventional hard drive. Although it does have flash memory built in the system only sees one drive.

Had it since June last year and so far so good.

24-02-13, 08:54 PM	#5
Nick762 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: SSD/HDD Hybrid I have one of these - a 750 GB - which I have installed in a drive caddy in what was the optical drive bay of my 2009 vintage MacBook Pro. I also replaced the original HDD with a Samsung SSD (128 GB) that is exclusively for the OS files and main apps like Office that are not continuously rewritten; it now boots from cold in about 20 seconds. This drive was recommended as a suitable upgrade for Macs. As I understand it the hybrid part of the name refers more to the drive architecture than to a separate slice of solid state mass storage that piggy backs on a conventional hard drive. Although it does have flash memory built in the system only sees one drive. Had it since June last year and so far so good.