What's wrong with this SSD?

[clay]

there's really no way to know for sure. I think if you leave chips out of the equation, you're paying extra for OWC SSD's for a higher level of customer/tech support/warranty. All SSD manufacturers have warranties and some level of customer support, you just need to decide what that premium is worth to you.

Oh, and like any drive, be sure to keep a backup of your data. OWC SSD's may be better than the alternative, but they aren't immune to failure.

[C(-)ris]

clay wrote:
I think if you leave chips out of the equation, you're paying extra for OWC SSD's for a higher level of customer/tech support/warranty. All SSD manufacturers have warranties and some level of customer support, you just need to decide what that premium is worth to you.

I prefer OWC SSDs and they are the only SSDs I recommend because they were designed and tested specifically for Macs, but...

As per their policy, OWC will not advance exchange an SSD warranty replacement. Not sure how that compares to others, but I know Corsair offers advance exchange for their SSDs. WD, Seagate, etc. all have an advance exchange for their HDDs.

*paces waiting for his replacement drive to show up via USPS first class mail... No, I didn't mention that I was in a hurry, but still.

[IronMac]

I was on some sort of Mac forum earlier this year dong research on SSDs and trying to get some help with my issues. I don't remember the details but all sorts of accusations (allegations) were floating around. Almost every SSD had knocks against them.

I went with OWC because I wanted to support this site and not necessarily because their SSD was better. It may be...it may be not.

[C(-)ris]

IronMac wrote:


I went with OWC because I wanted to support this site and not necessarily because their SSD was better. It may be...it may be not.

It is better. The SandForce controller they use is the best performing and most compatible with Macs and the chips are high quality.

[space-time]

C(-)ris wrote:
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*paces waiting for his replacement drive to show up via USPS first class mail... No, I didn't mention that I was in a hurry, but still.

so you had a OWC SSD fail?

[space-time]

co-worker had a Kingston SSD fail in his XP laptop at work just a week ago, after working fine for about 6-8 months

[clay]

space-time wrote:
[quote=C(-)ris]
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*paces waiting for his replacement drive to show up via USPS first class mail... No, I didn't mention that I was in a hurry, but still.

so you had a OWC SSD fail?
I have had one fail after about a month of regular use.

[Black]

C(-)ris wrote:
[quote=IronMac]


I went with OWC because I wanted to support this site and not necessarily because their SSD was better. It may be...it may be not.

It is better. The SandForce controller they use is the best performing and most compatible with Macs and the chips are high quality.
The linked OCZ boasts:
By leveraging the latest SATA 6Gbps interface and the second generation of SandForce SSD controller (SF-2281),

[IronMac]

See? The same thing is happening here as it did in that other forum.

You will always get people saying this SSD did this and that SSD did that. Frankly, if I had to do it all over again, I would still do the same thing.

While I will not be able to get any sort of warranty support here in SG at least I can get a hold of Larry on here if any problems crop up.

[john dough]

My gut reaction is that they are selling (relatively) smaller SSDs and have a rebate associated with it, so that when you send the UPC in, you cannot return the drive (usually the UPC has to be intact for a return).

Where 60GB-90GB used to be ok for a SSD (when those drives were > $350), a quality 240/256 GB SATA 3 SSD can be purchased for around $300 on sale. If this trend continues, you will see SSDs for 75¢/GB by the end of the year (or around $180 or so delivered).

Seems like a good fit for a netbook.