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From: Dan Ramirez <ramirezdan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [AE] what good is an SSD?
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:36:31 -0700
To: After Effects Mail List <AE-List@media-motion.tv>

I bought an "optibay" which comes with everything you need to replace your D=
VD with a laptop hard drive. It even comes with an external USB caddy for th=
e DVD drive should you need one.

I've done the same thing with a Chinese optibay knockoff on eBay for $20 or s=
o. That one worked fine as well, but I'd still trust optibay for the extra m=
oney.

On Aug 27, 2012, at 10:23 AM, Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Sounds great.  Can you keep the DVD and just swap out the drive for the SS=
D if needed?
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> On Aug 27, 2012, at 10:16 AM, Eric James Wood wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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 ple=
nty of space for cache files along with my work projects.
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>> On 2012.Aug.27, at 10.16, Lou Wirth <loutv@mindspring.com> wrote:
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>>> Eric
>>> Did you swap out your MBP drive with the SSD?  Didn't know you could do t=
hat with those models.
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>>> On Aug 27, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Eric James Wood wrote:
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>>>> So i have been working on an AE project with about 50 3d layers, nothin=
g crazy. 2011 MBP with 2.2GHz i7. It has been a little painful waiting on pr=
eviews, etc.
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>>>> 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 t=
o try and see if it would help.
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>>>> 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!
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>> Eric James Wood
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