I am leaning towards getting a SSD for my MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009), since this is my first journey into SSD I was wondering if there was anything I needed to consider as far as drive specs when it comes to the mac. I am currently running Snow Leopard but will be upgrading to Lion shortly. As I understand Lion added Trim support, but I could not find a list of drives it supports Trim with.
- So does Lion support Trim on all SSD?
- Are there any other things I need to check to make sure the SSD I
purchase is compatible?
Best Answer
Jfw is right, until now apple only supports their official SSD. While there are some ways to open SSD trim support on 3rd party SSD, when I used these solutions I encountered some weird problems.
Besides the trim support problem, some capability problems can be solved by updating SSD's firmware.
I currently use an Intel 320 300g SSD and installed lion without trim support, it has been working wonderfully.
Before I bought the Intel SSD, I had considered OWC's products and I think their products are good on capability, however since I am live outside of the United States I didn't choose it.