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The Curious Case of SSD Performance In OS X
mr_sifter writes "As we've seen from previous coverage, TRIM support is vital to help SSDs maintain performance over extended periods of time — while Microsoft and the SSD manufacturers have publicized its inclusion in Windows 7, Apple has been silent on whether OS X will support it. bit-tech decided to see how SSD performance in OS X is affected by extended use — and the results, at least with the Macbook Air, are startling. The drive doesn't seem to suffer very much at all, even after huge amounts of data have been written to it."
Seriously though, MAC OS X has its roots with the BSD's of the world (Mach kernel http://developer.apple.com/macosx/architecture/) and one need only visit any of the number of SSD inquiries from the FreeBSD community to get an idea of how Mac OS X would respond at a kernel level: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=1169 for example.
Granted, there are some filesystem differences between the other BSD flavors and MAC OS X, but the architectures are very similar and one can draw the same conclusion as this parent review did:
MAC OS X can run quite well on SSD drives, it just hasn't been sanctioned by Big Brother Jobs yet. Remember too, Apple offered 128GB SSD's in their Mac Book Pro's as far back as 2008, so it's nothing new.
If you don't mind voiding your Apple warranty, I'd say go for it!
It's the traditional Mac news in my eyes.
"You don't even have TRIM, we've had it for years. What's this platform?" /blindfolds on
"Look it's ok, without TRIM will still perform just as good as without because Mac OS X _is pure magic_ !!"
Let's try another one:
"Your antenna hardware has a design fault, signal drop very significantly when held with the left hand, dropping call or connection instantly" /blindfolds on
"Look it's ok, Apple said they'll make a software patch cause it's a _bar display issue_ signal doesn't really drop!"
Might be flamebait, but that's very much how it always sounds like to me :P Actually, it often sounds worse..
You know, I know that this sheep shit doesn't exist. I know when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, do you know what I've realized? Ignorance is bliss. But the funny part is, I'm not even in the matrix! It was reality!! I REALLY ATE SHEEP SHIT!!
Of course TRIM doesn't work on OS X.
Macs are for fags.
I've been running Windows 7 since beta2, and it really kicks ass. I don't have to recompile my kernel when I want to install a wifi card, it automatically detects it and installs the drivers no matter who the manufacturer is. Dual monitors? No chore with windows, get two monitors and it's set up! I don't need to edit config files with editors that are 20 years old, and show it. You want to run games? Great! Choose from an array of tens of thousands of games that run great under DirectX and the NT subsystem. Stability got you down? Not in this version, I have had uptimes of over a month (and then the damn power goes out). Good internet browser? No need for Kommunist shit, you've got the great Internet Explorer 8 a click away. Doing some development? Nothing but the best for Windows users, choose from a suite of Visual Studio products that suits your needs, with one killer IDE. You Linux faggots can keep rooting for your piece of shit operating system that Windows 3.1 tops in terms of compatibility, all the while hindering your experience for something else you could be doing, while I use the operating system of choice (or by default) for over 200 million others in the world. Anti-Microsoft zealots piss and moan all you want, but your queer little OS won't be the reigning desktop champion anytime soon.
TRIM makes you need Win 7 for real ;)
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"