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#599938 - 08/04/13 11:26 AM Re: Hybrid hard drives [Re: Reboot]
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I agree with you SSD is much faster than regular HD but if your connection is slow what does it really matter than.

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#599966 - 08/05/13 12:47 AM Re: Hybrid hard drives [Re: musicalmarv7]
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Connection (assuming you are talking about Internet connection) has nothing to do with the speed of the SSD/IDE drives.

SSD drives will boot fast even with no Internet connection.

Now if you are talking about connection to the Mac (USB/FireWire/Lightning) then yes, a SSD external drive (is there one?) connected via USB2 will be slower than a lightning connected one I believe.

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#599987 - 08/05/13 10:42 AM Re: Hybrid hard drives [Re: John Rougeux]
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I am referring to my internet connection which is 3.5Mbps.

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#599988 - 08/05/13 11:23 AM Re: Hybrid hard drives [Re: musicalmarv7]
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ok. I don't see the connection between your internet connection and Papa's questions about SSD/Hybrid drives....

Other than the remote comparison of saying that even if it boots up fast, if you have a slow connection speed, your browser & anything internet related will be slow.

That may be true, but Papa was asking because his hard drive is about full. The discussion turned to the speed of SSD vs IDE drives. I don't think anybody was discussing internet speeds related to speed of the browser or other internet apps.

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#600029 - 08/05/13 09:04 PM Re: Hybrid hard drives [Re: musicalmarv7]
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Originally Posted By: musicalmarv7
I am referring to my internet connection which is 3.5Mbps.


This is like comparing the size of your engine to how slow a highway is at rush hour.
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#600042 - 08/05/13 10:21 PM Re: Hybrid hard drives [Re: Papa]
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Crucial is having a sale on their SSDs.
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#600060 - 08/06/13 12:33 AM Re: Hybrid hard drives [Re: MacBozo]
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Thanks. I will check it out.
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#600083 - 08/06/13 10:46 AM Re: Hybrid hard drives [Re: John Rougeux]
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Let papa than buy himself an SSD which I do not need now. To each his own in life.

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#600090 - 08/06/13 12:35 PM Re: Hybrid hard drives [Re: musicalmarv7]
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Originally Posted By: musicalmarv7
Let papa than buy himself an SSD which I do not need now. To each his own in life.


Oh! I had no idea your offer of buying him one was on the table.

I'm sorry Papa, that was my fault!

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#600115 - 08/06/13 11:15 PM Re: Hybrid hard drives [Re: John Rougeux]
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That's okay. His check bounced anyway.

Thinking about keeping this laptop the way it is and giving it to my son when the new ones come out. The drive in it will be more than enough for him. I may even take a discount on the current model MacPro when the new ones come out. I don't have to have all the bells and whistles but like jim said, the upgrade cycle will catch up to me pretty quick. My son is still using a white Macbook that is several operating systems behind.
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