Category Archives: Upgrades
Mushkin Enhanced Callisto Deluxe 240GB Speed Test
After installing the Mushkin Enhanced Callisto Deluxe 240GB SSD drive, I felt its performance was a bit sluggish so I ran some speed tests. I used XBench.app but because that app is older than dirt, the results were a bit misleading. A Mushkin rep suggested AJA System Test because it’s specifically geared toward testing read/write [...]
Two Solid State Drives (SSD) in a MacBook Pro
This is how I set up two Solid State Drives (SSD) in my 17″ MacBook Pro. For the last year or so, I’ve been struggling with the storage limitations of my 128GB SSD drive. With my professional photography, photos of my baby girls and client files alone, I was sorely lacking hard drive space. Distributing [...]
Recondition an SSD on the Mac… for free!
As I mentioned a long, long time ago on this site, I upgraded my 17″ MacBook Pro with a Corsair 128GB SSD. The speed was astounding… for the first 5-6 months. Then things started to slow down. It started to get obvious when I was working on numerous video and photo files at the same [...]