Building a new Mac Pro tower. SSD really worth it?


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My 2009 Mac Pro with SATA HDD will open Adobe Photoshop CS4 in ?5 seconds on a cold start. A warm start takes ?2 seconds. Honestly, who cares if it launches one or two seconds faster? 5 seconds is nothing really already.

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My 2009 Mac Pro with SATA HDD will open Adobe Photoshop CS4 in ?5 seconds on a cold start. A warm start takes ?2 seconds. Honestly, who cares if it launches one or two seconds faster? 5 seconds is nothing really already.

Then try comparing the speed of opening 10 20mb RAW files on a regular HD and on a SSD. Then you'll be know why SSDs are vital.

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Yea, I'm retracting my statement. The i5 iMac I just got starts Photoshop CS4 in about 5 seconds. lol Damn 5400RPM MacBook Pro.

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Then try comparing the speed of opening 10 20mb RAW files on a regular HD and on a SSD. Then you'll be know why SSDs are vital.

People weren't discussing that though when I posted my reply.

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My 2009 Mac Pro with SATA HDD will open Adobe Photoshop CS4 in ?5 seconds on a cold start. A warm start takes ?2 seconds. Honestly, who cares if it launches one or two seconds faster? 5 seconds is nothing really already.

What drive do you have? I really want to get one, but all these brands + recent trim support nonsense doesn't make things easier to choose.

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What drive do you have? I really want to get one, but all these brands + recent trim support nonsense doesn't make things easier to choose.

Don't think he has an SSD. Just a normal platter-based SATA drive.

But to answer your question, it doesn't really matter about TRIM at this point if you're using OS X, since Snow Leopard doesn't support it.

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What drive do you have? I really want to get one, but all these brands + recent trim support nonsense doesn't make things easier to choose.

I have the regular stock HDD that comes with the Mac Pro. Not a SSD.

IMO, the technology is still too young to invest. Insanely high prices and there are quite a few problems with it.

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