Return-Path: Received: from [67.222.54.254] (HELO oproxy6-pub.bluehost.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with SMTP id 4826748 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:15:43 +0200 Received: (qmail 29178 invoked by uid 0); 27 Aug 2012 17:16:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box473.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.73) by cpoproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 27 Aug 2012 17:16:28 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=helium14.com; s=default; h=To:References:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Date:In-Reply-To:From:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type; bh=bsyn0dIPGUuumAp+qfarCV46GG63Z1+8BL+CP46TZ6I=; b=MItOdqC5pfPqmm7RN84pnOehnVSZUJ5acZQ1TsXNATu5Hz3siN99Ry7qmD8a6OIVZyJw+VRp4AN/4Zr/yfkra5F59vJRJisrB4YFhet/JizSx4nZDMQZidupH0/lOMXA; Received: from [71.92.198.64] (port=33105 helo=[10.0.1.39]) by box473.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1T62vM-000701-41 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:16:28 -0600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.0 \(1486\)) Subject: Re: [AE] what good is an SSD? From: Eric James Wood In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:16:27 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1486) X-Identified-User: {1790:box473.bluehost.com:heliumon:helium14.com} {sentby:smtp auth 71.92.198.64 authed with list@helium14.com} Yes, pulled the dvd drive i never need, put in a cage and moved the = 750GB stock drive there. Put the SSD into the HD bay and it works like a = champ. I have 750GB available for media and assets, and then pretty much live = on the SSD drive. So, a new larger one is going to be really nice and = have plenty of space for cache files along with my work projects. On 2012.Aug.27, at 10.16, Lou Wirth wrote: > Eric > Did you swap out your MBP drive with the SSD? Didn't know you could = do that with those models. >=20 > Lou > On Aug 27, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Eric James Wood wrote: >=20 >> So i have been working on an AE project with about 50 3d layers, = nothing crazy. 2011 MBP with 2.2GHz i7. It has been a little painful = waiting on previews, etc. >>=20 >> my internal SSD is pretty small at 120 in 2 partitions, 40 and 80GB. = 40 for the system and apps, 80 for some work. So i moved my cache to the = SSD to try and see if it would help. >>=20 >> CRAP! Made working much much more acceptable. Things that were taking = 1-5 minutes, now take seconds. I am ordering a 512 SSD for this machine = today and moving some stuff around! >>=20 >> -- >> Eric James Wood >> Helium14 >>=20 >> +1.714.254.5042 | mobile >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >=20 > Lou Wirth Productions > 500Tamal Plaza, Suite 522 > Corte Madera, CA 94925 > www.louwirth.com > 415-924-9411p >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to -- Eric James Wood Helium14 +1.714.254.5042 | mobile