Solid State Drive For Macbook Air 2011

This cable was used to install an extra solid state drive in a 2011 iMac. It is very versatile and with a minor modification, it worked perfectly.

Solid state drive worth it.

This is my first MACBook. It is expensive and can not be upgraded after purchase - two big bummers. But it works flawlessly and has all the speed I was hoping for. I use it to create giant panoramas in Photoshop, starting with as many as 15 exposures. What took as much as 15 minutes to process now takes a few seconds. I have a lot of PSB files, gigantic. They save in less than a minute rather than 20. At home, I operate it clam shell style. I had no problem hooking the MACBook up to larger, calibrated screens, though I had to buy a boatload of converters. One way I could have saved money would have been to have purchased a much smaller solid state drive; maybe one TB. No solid state drive is big enough to hold all my photos. So, purchasing a conventional, inexpensive peripheral drive was necessary anyway. A harddrive that is configured for both PCs and MACS turned out to be the best way to go; though now I have about 3TB of unused solid state drive on the MACBook, a waste of money.

This is my second WD 1 TB drive, and I use them to both store and backup photos from my MacBook Pro (with solid-state storage). Even with lots of RAW files, the transfer rate seems fast. It is small, and easily stored when not in use. There is nothing about this drive that I would change.

I bought this to upgrade my mid 2011 Macbook Air and it works great!

2011 Macbook Pro.

excellent little solid state drive - and powerful

I upgraded from a 2011 Macbook Air. It ran great but was too old for updates. So I decided it was time for an upgrade, and settled for the M3. I wouldn’t do less than 18gb Ram, I don’t know why Apple even offers those? For the price, I am happy with the purchase and will use it for many years! I don’t do video/graphics, otherwise I would definitely recommend higher specs. I do some audio stuff and have maybe 10-15 tabs open at once. I all my files within a few hours from my old mac no problem. No need to pay for that service. Also I would skip the apple care etc unless you are really clumsy or don’t take care of technology. These things are built to last. My last one still runs great (12 years!). Solid choice.

I used this drive to clone a laptop hard drive to a solid state drive. Worked well.

Upgraded my 512 drive in my 13 MacBook Pro (early 2011 model) which was having issues opening applications, and just overall sluggish performance. Installed the 850 Pro SSD and I now have what feels like a new machine. I should be able to get another 2-3 years out of the Macbook. A worthwhile investment.