Anybody tried an SSD in a Mac?

[struggle4progress]

They're still way too pricey for my tastes, but some folk claim SSDs can really speed the machines up

[Deja Q]

1. Pricey, with poor write times... most SSDs are in 2.5" format as well,

and there's no adapter so the drive hangs in the Mac Pro's chassis... :(

[Tesha]

3. But disk read operations vastly outnumber disk write operations...

and SSDs are near-instantaneous at reads compared
to moving-head disk drives, and not too shabby at short
write operations either (because no "seeks" are ever
required).

Tesha

[struggle4progress]

4. You have a pro: what are your disk IO speeds? I think mine are in the range 100-125 mb/s

OCZ claims sustained 500 mb/s read and 400 mb/s write for its 1tb Z pcie ssd

OCZ Announces 1TB Z-Drive PCI-Express SSD
http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?11/85/44

No way I'm dumping several grand into a pcie ssd today -- but with any luck I might have an affordable one in a year or two

[struggle4progress]

5. These folk have an OS X compatible pci ssd with R/W of 1.4/1.2 gb/s

http://www.supertalent.com/products/ssd_category_detail.php?type=RAIDDrive#

But I don't think its affordable

[Tesha]

2. I've heard second-hand reports of excellent performance.

Our next Mac (whenever that comes along) will almost-certainly have one.

Tesha

[struggle4progress]

6. Are you talking about an ssd in place of the regular hd in a notebook?

I've thought about swapping out the hd in my macbook for an ssd, but at $350 with reduced disk space I'm sure sure it would be worth it right now

[Tesha]

7. Yes.

I'm pretty sure I can live with a "mere" 250 GiB
and the SSDs are much faster than moving-head
disk drives.

Tesha