Oct 12th, 2011

Upgrading my MacBook Pro to a SSD (solid state drive)

Solid-state drives (SSDs) have been available for a few years now, but I’ve been reluctant to move to one due to some early problems that friends of mine had.  When a SSD fails, there is no warning… no clicking drive sound, and no opportunity to save a few files.  When it crashes, it’s instant death. [...]