Apple's MacBook Pro with 128GB SSD: Performance and Battery Life Investigated
by Anand Lal Shimpi on April 15, 2008 4:20 PM EST- Posted in
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A Snappier System? Absolutely
I've been alluding to the SSD MacBook Pro feeling significantly quicker in overall usage, but without numbers to back that up the statement is borderline useless. Thankfully there is some scientific data I can use to support the claim.
Application launch time contributes significantly to the snappiness of a system, and that's one area where the Memoright SSD excels:
| Application Launch in Seconds (Lower is Better) | MacBook Pro (Hitachi 5400RPM) | MacBook Pro (Memoright SSD) |
| Adobe Photoshop CS3 | 13.2 seconds | 5.8 seconds |
| Microsoft Word 2008 | 19.0 seconds | 9.0 seconds |
| Pages | 7.8 seconds | 2.5 seconds |
| Keynote | 9.0 seconds | 4.7 seconds |
| Numbers | 4.3 seconds |
2.0 seconds |
| Safari | 1.6 seconds | 0.8 seconds |
| System Boot Time | 37.9 seconds | 22.0 seconds |
Take how long it takes to launch an application with the stock hard drive and cut it in half, because that's what the Memoright MR25.2-128S gives you. Boot time is also similarly reduced, it takes nearly 40 seconds to boot the stock MacBook Pro while the move to SSD brings it down to 22.
You see similar performance gains in opening files and basic interaction with the system, just not in a lot of the more CPU-bound application tests. It's an interesting revelation because the general view is that application tests are disk bound, but in reality they can be more CPU/memory/platform limited than you'd guess.
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Timothy123 - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - link
The Honda Civic actually gets a 5 star depreciation rating.http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/alg/index.html#seda...">http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/alg/index.html#seda...
It being one of the cars that depreciates the least.
Look at the list, you will only find TWO American cars on it, a Viper, which is really an odd inclusion, and a Jeep Wrangler.
Really really really bad example in using the Honda Civic.
Really really bad to be honest with you. This lack of judgment and knowledge makes me question the entire worth of the article.
Really really bad.
hansmuff - Monday, April 21, 2008 - link
OMFG Hondagate!You're correct about the depreciation, but the JUST LEAVE HONDA ALONE response is quite silly.
niva - Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - link
A Honda owner scorned is apparently worse than a Mac Fanboy being told he owns an overpriced pos. GG!Duwelon - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - link
o rly?DigitalFreak - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - link
We really really don't care. Really really not.whatthehey - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - link
Dear Timothy123,We at Honda Civic Owners Anonymous are here to help you. We know the pain you feel at having purchased and tricked out a piece of shit $15,000 car so that you can play gangsta pimp around the neighborhood, only to realize that what you now own is a $40,000 piece of crap that sane people laugh at. We can help you with your problems! Please call us:
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Denithor - Wednesday, April 16, 2008 - link
That really is the funniest thing I've read all day.WTG!
Frumious1 - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - link
I also wanted to lend my support for your insightful comments Tim. There's nothing I appreciate more than someone that jumps to the conclusion, takes one sentence, and then posts a bitchfest in the comments. But then what should we expect from a Honda owner? "Anand made fun of my car. Waaaaaah! Moooooom!"Avalon - Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - link
That was really really really the silliest thing I've read all day. LOL.