The bitchin' gadgets thread... also sofa beds

by **jamiethekiller** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 23:38:55

the more you know

by **Bucky** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:07:33

crucial SSD are the amazon gold box deal today. not earth shattering savings, but 80 bucks for the 128GB and $165 for the 256GB. Not too shabby. Use the BSG link!

by **JFLNYC** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:16:09

Thanks!

by 1 » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:50:14

Bucky wrote:crucial SSD are the amazon gold box deal today. not earth shattering savings, but 80 bucks for the 128GB and $165 for the 256GB. Not too shabby. Use the BSG link!

great, thanks. now i need to see if it's compatible with my old old mbp.

by **JFLNYC** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:02:46

How old is your MBP? I've used/am using Crucial M4 SSD's in a Mac Mini (newest version) and in my Hackintoshes without issue. I'd be surprised if you had any problems. The one thing you'll have to do is enable TRIM yourself (OS X won't do it for most third-party SSD's), but just Google "Trim Enabler," download it, run it and reboot and you should be fine. You can check whether TRIM is enabled in System Info through About This Mac.

by **WheelsFellOff** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:17:34

Is 'Trim Enabler' the opposite of a cockblocker?

by **JFLNYC** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:38:13

It's actually a procedure used for post-op transexuals.

by **Bill McNeal** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 12:46:09

Does that have anything to do with a nutty?

by **JFLNYC** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 15:03:14

No nuts, of course.

by 1 » Mon Sep 10, 2012 15:35:54

JFLNYC wrote:How old is your MBP? I've used/am using Crucial M4 SSD's in a Mac Mini (newest version) and in my Hackintoshes without issue. I'd be surprised if you had any problems. The one thing you'll have to do is enable TRIM yourself (OS X won't do it for most third-party SSD's), but just Google "Trim Enabler," download it, run it and reboot and you should be fine. You can check whether TRIM is enabled in System Info through About This Mac.

it's fucking old. 2006, maybe? not sure how to check, but i'm using crucial's scan tool to see what i can get.

by 1 » Mon Sep 10, 2012 15:50:44

part numbers seem different, but can someone tell me if there two things are the same:

http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-2-5-Inch- ... =de_a_smtd

and

http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs ... 28A5CA7304

thx

by **Bucky** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 16:05:19

Specs are exactly the same, as is the price on the crucial site. It looks like crucial has different part numbers for its "Mac" and "PC" models. I have no idea why that would be. It's Amazon, though- if it doesn't work, just return it.

by **Bucky** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 16:15:02

10 minutes of googling leads me to believe it'll be OK. May just be an adapter bracket; may just be differentiating the two platforms for some odd reason. I got the adapter bracket for mine, but could have easily done without it using two-sided tape (as one amazon reviewer suggested) since the things are so light.

by 1 » Mon Sep 10, 2012 16:57:20

Well, I bought it. Will probably be a while until I get a chance to install it anyway.

by **Bucky** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 17:26:01

now that i do a little more digging, i think this is just crucial's way of trying to quantify the OS market split for their products, probably for marketing purposes. It's not going to server them very well, though, since I can't find any major online retailer that sells anything but the "main" part number- just the crucial site itself.

by 1 » Mon Sep 10, 2012 17:32:57

Chatted with "John A" on crucial's site. He said they were the same. I've only ever swapped out ssd for ssd. I assume ssd for old spinny isn't nearly as easy.

by **Bucky** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 17:44:25

it was just as easy for me. But then again I'm on windows, which everyone knows is much more user friendly than mac.

by **Bucky** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:01:09

Thanks for your email about our part numbering system.

The two codes refer to the same part. The longer code is the technical description of the part- this tells us the type of memory, density, form factor, that kind of thing.

The shorter code uniquely identifies that part to your particular system and is used to guarantee compatibility. It's just one of the many ways that we ensure you get the right upgrade, every time.

Please let us know if we can offer additional assistance or advice.

by 1 » Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:24:49

bucky. doin work.

thanks.

by **Eddie Jordan** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 19:02:19

just got the gf a lenovo ideapad tablet. messed around with it at best buy, seemed like it was pretty decent for the price. Wasn't really feeling the 7 inch ones (gonna get PiP'd for that line), like the galaxy and nexus 7's in that price range were ok but not for 250-300 bucks. hope she likes it

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