Hello All,
I have been contemplating putting the new Intel 520 series 240gb ssd into my early 2011 13" MacBook Pro. However, I do have some serious concerns and would really appreciate some advice.
I know that Apple can be very stubborn in supporting third party hardware where they are not benefiting financially. After reading a number of forums that have reported problems with Macs and Intel ssd's my main concerns are:
1. Getting the beep that tells me the ssd is incompatible.
2. That there is no tool box for OSX.
3. There is no trim support (Snow Leopard)
4. Getting the OSX to recognise the 6gb/s sata interface.
I would love to hear that all of these problems have been resolved and that I'm being paranoid about getting this new drive. Any comforting words or sound advice from people who have successfully installed and intel 520 series ssd into an early 2011 13" Macbook Pro (Snow Leopard) would be gratefully appreciated.
I plan on performing a clean install with the SSD rather than migrarting my existing software from my 5400rpm hdd.
Regards
Rodney Ferguson
Ps. Please do not suggest upgrading to Lion. Unfortunately, I find it truly awful.