an intel ssd 660 is much cheaper then the hatssd. cuts the price by a half.
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HAT SSD for 2013-2015 Retina MBP?
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Hey guys and gals, I have read on an official website (a while ago) that Samsung PRO models 2TB draw more power in idle and operational mods. Having said that, it is also rather expensive :S. I'm new to macs, I am a windows geek... so um, I need an advise, please... Has anyone actually checked the battery readings with those new SSDs, whichever you have acquired? I am a wildlife photographer and it's super important for me to have a reliable 2TB, I could be in a jungle or in a tent in blizzard, somewhere in the mountains transferring those photos; I really need a reliable solution with fast read/write (at least as fast, or preferably faster continuous r/r speads of preinstalled SSDs). With regard to drives which require converters, I have read nasty-nasty things about them, like improper fitment, overheating and catastrophic failures in some cases. Many interesting things have been already discussed here, yet I don't feel entirely confident with any card I found. thanks in advance!!
And to add some spice to the mix, I'm super broke
so the cheaper - the better!
And to add some spice to the mix, I'm super broke
so the cheaper - the better!
Not sure where you read about these adapter failures but the sintech has been flawless for me and others.Hey guys and gals, I have read on an official website (a while ago) that Samsung PRO models 2TB draw more power in idle and operational mods. Having said that, it is also rather expensive :S. I'm new to macs, I am a windows geek... so um, I need an advise, please... Has anyone actually checked the battery readings with those new SSDs, whichever you have acquired? I am a wildlife photographer and it's super important for me to have a reliable 2TB, I could be in a jungle or in a tent in blizzard, somewhere in the mountains transferring those photos; I really need a reliable solution with fast read/write (at least as fast, or preferably faster continuous r/r speads of preinstalled SSDs). With regard to drives which require converters, I have read nasty-nasty things about them, like improper fitment, overheating and catastrophic failures in some cases. Many interesting things have been already discussed here, yet I don't feel entirely confident with any card I found. thanks in advance!!
And to add some spice to the mix, I'm super broke
so the cheaper - the better!
Sounds to me liked you should stick with a real Apple SSD.
I found a cheaper, ghetto solution to this uneasy and expensive task. I can get an external ssd, attach it to the back of the monitor with velcro or sticky rubber piece (car accessory). ofc, I'd have a wire running, but it is just so much cheaper and kinda bullet proof for my purposes. I don't care about the aestetics, althogh I'd put it onto a case, not gluing anything onto the mac itself. it actually looks quite bada*s
Realizing this is an old thread, but was intrigued about this HAT company. How can they sell a SSD with macOS preinstalled? Is that even legal?
Here's an option I have done before:
- Find a used MacBook Pro, same model year, with a 1TB SSD
- Buy it!
- Then, either swap the drive with the one in your MacBook Pro, and then re-sell it. Or, just use the MacBook Pro as-is and sell your current one!
MacBook Pros with a 1 TB SSD are extremely rare where I am located and pricey when I see them for sale. I would just get a NVMe drive and adapter.
Same thing can be said for many QLC NVMe drives when the cache is filled during the write process.
NVMe is a nice solution, indeed. buying an old macbook with 1tb ssd as of mid 2020 is counterintuitive as it's resale value is still reasonably high. Instead, buying a completely new machine (windows) would make more sense, they're much more powerful and have dedicated graphics these days, with already 1tb hdd and 124 to 256 gb ssd for disk "C". in this case swapping the HDD to SSD makes much more sense (to me that is).
I do photo, video works, some illustrations and 3D design. Macs at this point become irrelevant for power users and professionals alike, especially those with conservative funds, and those who need every bit of processing power they could get per buck spent.
I will use external SSD with a usb 3, it gives me reasonable speeds, and I will attach it with velcro to the macbook plastic cover case. This should give me another year or two before a pressing need to chnage the machine and it's about 130-250 USD for 1 and 2 tb.
With regards to iOS being pre-installed, and how legal it is... I have no idea, they don't temper the iOS, so there shouldn't be any problems, also given how small the company is -no one would pay attention to them.
I hope someone would develop an affordable way to desolder and add more ROM and RAM to newer macs, past 2016 I believe, they are all onesie, nothing can be replaced. I guess at this point Apple can't compete with other brands for the above mentioned market nieche, they've decided to focus more on services rather than hardware...
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I still have ASUS ROG G750jx from 2013 with 36 gb RAM, 1tb HDD and 256 SSD and an old 770m Nvidia, the laptop still kicks ass in 3D renders and modeling, having base 2.4 ghz, I safely overklock to 3.4-3.8. Being so outdated it's bulcky and heavy, and this laptop outperforms my 2015 macbook pro mid spec, even the boot time is great, 5.6 seconds for a 7 year old beat-up machine isn't too bad. New asus and other gaming laptop competitors have put up a fight and dusted apple, I have mixed feelings about it. I guess switching to windows... would feel like a jump into 1900s, but the specs are too good for the price; and I could always switch to ubuntu or other distro to get a mac-feel like envoronment.
...That being said, Hatssd has outlived its relevance for my needs and my machine, unless I had the top spec with dedicated gpu.
I do photo, video works, some illustrations and 3D design. Macs at this point become irrelevant for power users and professionals alike, especially those with conservative funds, and those who need every bit of processing power they could get per buck spent.
I will use external SSD with a usb 3, it gives me reasonable speeds, and I will attach it with velcro to the macbook plastic cover case. This should give me another year or two before a pressing need to chnage the machine and it's about 130-250 USD for 1 and 2 tb.
With regards to iOS being pre-installed, and how legal it is... I have no idea, they don't temper the iOS, so there shouldn't be any problems, also given how small the company is -no one would pay attention to them.
I hope someone would develop an affordable way to desolder and add more ROM and RAM to newer macs, past 2016 I believe, they are all onesie, nothing can be replaced. I guess at this point Apple can't compete with other brands for the above mentioned market nieche, they've decided to focus more on services rather than hardware...
Edit:
I still have ASUS ROG G750jx from 2013 with 36 gb RAM, 1tb HDD and 256 SSD and an old 770m Nvidia, the laptop still kicks ass in 3D renders and modeling, having base 2.4 ghz, I safely overklock to 3.4-3.8. Being so outdated it's bulcky and heavy, and this laptop outperforms my 2015 macbook pro mid spec, even the boot time is great, 5.6 seconds for a 7 year old beat-up machine isn't too bad. New asus and other gaming laptop competitors have put up a fight and dusted apple, I have mixed feelings about it. I guess switching to windows... would feel like a jump into 1900s, but the specs are too good for the price; and I could always switch to ubuntu or other distro to get a mac-feel like envoronment.
...That being said, Hatssd has outlived its relevance for my needs and my machine, unless I had the top spec with dedicated gpu.
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