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Thanks. I will go with SN550 for my 2015 MacBook Pro.
Are any MacBook even upgradable after 2012? My sister 2010 MacBook has a 2.5" hard drive but shortly after that most of them went to soldered drives no?
I have the older intel 660p 1TB and on 24/7 for the past year (used as a server and media storage) the drive has been flawless even as a QLC, the 670p seems to take quality, tbw and speed to the next step not a bad deal for $100.
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Are any MacBook even upgradable after 2012? My sister 2010 MacBook has a 2.5" hard drive but shortly after that most of them went to soldered drives no?
You can upgrade the Pros, but they require a special adapter. Can find on Amazon for about $15. I've upgraded two pros with NVME m.2 1TB drives. No issues. Late 2013 and early 2015 models
You can upgrade the Pros, but they require a special adapter. Can find on Amazon for about $15. I've upgraded two pros with NVME m.2 1TB drives. No issues. Late 2013 and early 2015 models
It means terabytes written, it's a sign of endurance like how long it may last before it's end of life, higher the number the better, theoretically at least results may vary just like gas mileage on a car.
It means terabytes written, it's a sign of endurance like how long it may last before it's end of life, higher the number the better, theoretically at least results may vary just like gas mileage on a car.
There is SLC (1 bit per cell), MLC (2 bits per cell), TLC (3 bits per cell) and QLC (4 bits per cell). As the number of bits to store in a flash cell go up, capacity goes up (lower price for the same capacity) and reliability goes down (the number of writes each cell can take decreases).
It is simply a trade off between price and the number of writes it can take. When I started buying SSDs MLC was where it was at, and TLC was the new folk in town. Now TLC is common and QLC is the newbie.
TBW (TeraBytes Written) is the guarantee from the manufacturer how many writes the drive can take. This number usually range from 300~1200 for a 1TB drive.
There is SLC (1 bit per cell), MLC (2 bits per cell), TLC (3 bits per cell) and QLC (4 bits per cell). As the number of bits to store in a flash cell go up, capacity goes up (lower price for the same capacity) and reliability goes down (the number of writes each cell can take decreases).
It is simply a trade off between price and the number of writes it can take. When I started buying SSDs MLC was where it was at, and TLC was the new folk in town. Now TLC is common and QLC is the newbie.
TBW (TeraBytes Written) is the guarantee from the manufacturer how many writes the drive can take. This number usually range from 300~1200 for a 1TB drive.
Do you mean to reply to the other guy because I am well aware of what all that is I was just trying to keep it in layman's terms were it's easy to understand. I come from a time of SLC and MLC drives in which both are still working on my older PCs. 😅 and TBW isn't a guarantee it's merely a estimate of lifecycle to be expected, guarantee would be more of length of time since purchasing wether it be 1,3,5 years etc.
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It is simply a trade off between price and the number of writes it can take. When I started buying SSDs MLC was where it was at, and TLC was the new folk in town. Now TLC is common and QLC is the newbie.
TBW (TeraBytes Written) is the guarantee from the manufacturer how many writes the drive can take. This number usually range from 300~1200 for a 1TB drive.
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It is simply a trade off between price and the number of writes it can take. When I started buying SSDs MLC was where it was at, and TLC was the new folk in town. Now TLC is common and QLC is the newbie.
TBW (TeraBytes Written) is the guarantee from the manufacturer how many writes the drive can take. This number usually range from 300~1200 for a 1TB drive.
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