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"late 2008" MacBook Pro - HDD vs SSD
barefeats.com - 10/28/2008
"late 2008" MacBook Pro - HDD vs SSD
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"late 2008" MacBook Pro - 3D Graphics Benchmarks
barefeats.com - 10/22/2008
"late 2008" MacBook Pro - 3D Graphics Benchmarks
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macdailynews.com - 10/28/2008
Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Pro: HDD vs. SSD shootout
— macdailynews.com — Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Pro: HDD vs. SSD shootout Monday, October 27, 2008 - 10:39 PM EST... "We love the ease with which you can change hard drives on the 'late 2008' MacBook Pro. We ordered our 2.8GHz lab 'rat' with the 7200rpm 320GB drive option ... (more) Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Pro: HDD vs. SSD shootout

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support.apple.com - 10/29/2008
MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008): Using the trackpad
— support.apple.com — MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) and MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008): Using the trackpad... (more) MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) and MacBook Pro ...

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Apple’s new 15-inch MacBook Pro: HDD vs. SSD shootout
MacDailyNews — ... that the SSD is great for fast booting, waking, and launching but provides no improvement over a fast HDD for saving small random data or capturing large data blocks," morgan reports. "The OCZ SSD maintained its transfer speed no matter how full the drive might be. Conventional hard drives get significantly slower as the drive fills up. The Hitachi 7K320 we tested dropped from 75MB/s at 0% to 44MB/s at 90% capacity," morgan reports. Full article, with graphs of benchmark results, here .

SSD vs. HDD, 15-inch Unibody Macbook Pro Benchmarks
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... Barefeats.com posts benchmark results when comparing the performance of a brand new 2.8Ghz 15″ Macbook Pro, while using different hard drives. The benchmarks reflect the computer with the built-to-order hard disk drive, and a third-party solid state drive which they installed themselves. ...

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