SSD Flash Drives For Mac Mini, iMac, MacBook, Pro Towers
Apple Compatible Solid-State Flash Disks
With a wide variety of SSD drives delivering ever higher read-write performance - at ever lower prices - a SSD hard drive upgrade is one of the BEST performance upgrades you can give your Mac.Best SSD For Mac Overall
Intel's superlative solid-state SATA disk drive controller design - also of data channels coupled with well-matched NAND flash chips - is a performance winning combination - and a great Apple SSD for OSX. Intel drives consistently perform near the top of 2011 SSD benchmark results - whether for Mac or Windows PCs.Apple Compatible SSD Drive
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Best Macintosh Compatible Value SSD
For overall performance in a value-series solid-state drive - most users will be pleased with the OCZ Technology Agility 2
which outperforms any spinning platter laptop disk. This value SSD for Apple owners with recent or older consumer MacBooks, Mac mini, is an excellent drop-in replacement for an Apple SSD whether you have a SATA I drive controller - or a newer Mac system with SATA II.
High-Performance : Best SSD Flash Drives For Mac
For those with Pro model Macs where Apple started using higher-performance SATA II speed interfaces (2008 models and newer in general) - Buying up for slightly higher SSD Read/Write specs is smart. In this case, one of the best 2011 SSD drive options is ADATA 128 GB S599 Sandforce Solid State Drive
.
Another peak performing SSD for Apple Mac's is the Patriot Inferno 120GB SSD
. It's SandForce controller achieves peak Reads AND Writes in the 275Mbps range, ideal for Pro Macintosh users.
These top-end Apple friendly solid-state disks use flash memory clocked at a higher speed combined with larger cache in it's on-board SandForce controller chip for maximum performance. These high-end SSD's are more suited to the capabilities of a SATA II interface that Apple started using across it's entire Pro computer line, then rolled out to include all consumer MacBook / Mac mini lines in 2009. Even if your Macintosh isn't a high-end model, buying the fastest Mac SSD you can afford today will insure it will perform well when transferred into your next Macintosh.
Similar to a Mac SD flash memory card - a SSD drive uses NAND flash memory chips. But they're designed for extended and heavy-duty read-write cycles. This gives the memory cells in a solid-state drive far more MTBF durability and usable lifespan than SD, SDHC and SDXC cards have.
