OWC also sells the data doubler which will also work. When I replaced my HD with an SSD I used the following to install the old HD is the optical drive bay. However, replacing the HD with an SSD will increase the performance of your existing computer by quite a bit. I guess another way to look at it is, if you were to invest in a newer faster Mac, it would cost quite a bit $$$

That would save you from buying the data doubler. What you could do is buy the external case, clone your drive to SSD and then install the old HD in the external case instead of the optical bay. I would personally not do that, but you could try it. You could probably install the SSD in the optical bay to do the cloning, but you would need the data doubler. Do you recommend that, or do you think that would cause issues? make sure it boots okay from the SSD, and then switch the SSD to the 7' drive bay and the old HDD over to the optical bay. I wonder if I could install the new SSD into the optical bay and then do the cloning. I am using the AGPtek and have not noticed any speed issues with it.įirewire is faster than USB 2, but I don't know of any way to upgrade your computer to USB 3. As far as I know they are just connectors, there is no software or firmware involved.

Yes either AGPtek or OWC data doubler would work. Seagate Momentus XT 500 SataII 32 Mb Cache, 7200 rpm Hybrid SSD with jumper cable Seagate XT500 hybrid - link speed 3 gb/s +OWC Mercury Extreme Pro - link speed 3 gb/s ? Mac SM0412G PCIe 500 GB speed rank 10th/734 So far I have checked out a few, and I am not sure if all of these listed will be compatible with my mac: What are my options, and what would be compatible with my macbook pro? I wanted to also stick the original HDD into the optical drive and use it for backup and media data. so I was looking for an SSD that would be 3 GB/s (with an updated firmware driver to make sure it is so).

I've ran into a lot of information that involves the link speeds of 3 gb/s being negotiated to 1.5 gb/s (mine is currently the original HDD and the link speed is being negotiated to 1.5 gb/s). What are my options for upgrading to an SSD for my Mid-2009 Macbook Pro?

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