[Urs Lotze]

Hi there,

Thanks for all the info.

I’ve placed a SSD Kingston V+100 512GO in my MBP 17 Alu (Core 2 Duo 2,6 GHz, ram 4GO) with fantastic results for the system overall (OSX 10.5.8). By overall I mean for the sys and all applications.

For all apps…? Not realy… Not for FCP at all!
FinalCut runs way slower with the SSD!
The original boot disk was a Hitachi 200GO/7200tm and the SSD is “one of the best” on the market with Intel inside and one of the best controler Hitachi T6UG1XBG. In addition this SSD has a “TRIM like” function inside de controler. Therefore it does’nt need TRIM and should not decrease in speed with time…

Never the less, FCP runs far slower than before. With the datas on external FW800/7200tm drives, or even with the datas placed inside de boot disc. (no eSATA connection available on my older MBP 17).

If nobody has any clue to what I realy could do to get better perfs with FCS using SSD for the boot and FW800/7200tm HDs for external datas, I’m gonna go back to my original 7200tm boot disk…

This SSD priced a hefty $900 … 🙁
Thanks in advance for some help.

[Urs Lotze]

Hi there,

Thanks for all the info.
I have the “same” problem. I’ve placed a SSD Kingston V+100 512GO in my MBP 17 Alu (Core 2 Duo 2,6 GHz, ram 4GO) with fantastic results for the system overall (OSX 10.5.8). By overall I mean for the sys and all applications.

For all apps…? Not realy… Not for FCS…
FinalCut runs way slower with the SSD !
The original disk was a Hitachi 200GO/7200tm and the SSD is “one of the best” on the market with Intel inside and one of the best controler Hitachi T6UG1XBG. In addition this SSD has a “TRIM like” function inside de controler. Therefore it does’nt need TRIM and should not decrease in speed with time…

Never the less, FCS runs far slower than before. With the datas on external FW800/7200tm drives, or even with the datas placed inside de sys disc. (no eSATA connection available on my older MBP 17).

If nobody has any clue to what I realy could do to get better perfs with FCS using SSD for the sys and FW800 for external datas, I’m gonna go back to my original 7200tm sys disc…

This SSD priced a hefty $900 … 🙁
Thanks in advance for some help.

Regard, Urs