SSD Used in Macbook Pro's Now

[CSHawkeye81]

Just getting a new Macbook Pro 15 inch from work and it will have a 256gb SSD in it. Wanted to know who they are using? Also how much space is actually available?? 250?? 240??

 

[nigameash]

i think on the ssd's, u get the entire amount! ie: if u buy a 256gb, u get the entire 256gb!

 

[Hellhammer]

They used Samsung but I think it's Toshiba now. No it's not full 256GB. Formatting takes space + OS, maybe 240GB with OS X

 

[sascha h-k]

no ssd & no hdd has the same gb as advertised !

if possible get the mbp with hdd and install yourself a much quicker ssd, but not toshiba ..

 

[jamesryanbell]

i think on the ssd's, u get the entire amount! ie: if u buy a 256gb, u get the entire 256gb!

No, that's not true really.

 

[DAMNiatx]

i think on the ssd's, u get the entire amount! ie: if u buy a 256gb, u get the entire 256gb!

this thing will happen if you have snow leopard.

 

[Some Guy 555]

With wear levelling it usually takes a few GB off of user access to replace worn cells.

32GB = 30GB (2gb for cell replacement)
64GB = 60GB (4gb for cell replacement)
128GB = 120GB (8GB for cell replacement)
256GB = 250GB (6GB for cell replacement)

My X25-E 64GB read 59.6GB before I formatted it to install OS X.

After it showed 59.6GB (same amount, so 4GB approx is used for wear levelling).

After installing OS X I have this: 43.04GB available. OS X took around 10-15GB and a few extra's here and there (updates) took the rest.