https://evan.wtf/tags/pro/Recent content in Pro on Evan HoffmanHugoen-USEvan HoffmanTue, 23 Aug 2011 12:04:54 +0000https://evan.wtf/2011/08/23/macbook-pro-locks-up-with-ssd-installed/Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:04:54 +0000https://evan.wtf/2011/08/23/macbook-pro-locks-up-with-ssd-installed/<p>A few weeks ago I switched from my trusty old <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147346">HP nc8430</a> to a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002C744K6/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=evanhoffmasho-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=B002C744K6">Macbook Pro</a> (MC118LL/A) that was left spare when another employee left. I mostly enjoyed using Linux but I was tired of dealing with weird quirks like having X lock up, essentially forcing me to do a hard reboot.</p> <p>To transition, I copied my documents from Linux to Mac, then turned off the Linux laptop. Surprisingly I found I didn&rsquo;t need to turn Linux back on at all. Last week, I decided to put the final nail in Linux&rsquo;s coffin by taking the SSD (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002CI41US/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=evanhoffmasho-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399369&amp;creativeASIN=B002CI41US">Corsair CMFSSD-128GBG2D</a>)out of it and putting it in my Macbook. The Macbook was pretty fast (Core 2 Duo @ 2.5 GHz) but some things were noticeably slower on its 7200RPM disk than on Linux with an SSD, especially running Windows VMs.</p>