Another option is the use of a PCIe SSD card in one of the slots which can typicially support either 1 or 2 2.5' SATA SSD drives, or more recent ones that support M.
One is to use a readily available drive tray/adapter to convert an off the shelf SATA SSD to 3.5' drive bay.
#SSD DRIVE FOR MACBOOK PRO 15 LATE 2013 UPGRADE#
It seems likely that Apple was keeping things simple by citing the performance available across the range rather than noting the far higher speed of the top-of-the-range model. The Aluminum Mac Pro Towers offer two solid-state drive upgrade options. AS-IS LCD SCREEN DISPLAY ASSEMBLY MacBook Pro Retina 15 A1398 Late 2013. MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013).dmg Installing ASD on a USB hard drive.January 2002 Apple Service Diagnostic 062602 1.ASD 3S108 iMac (Early 2006. Most Mac laptops (2013 and later) include small 128GB or 256GB. The new Aura SSD continues OWC's dedication to giving you more from your Mac. SATA 3 is good for around 600MB/sec, which was more than fast enough for hard drives but not capable of keeping up with the speeds of modern SSDs. For the first time, upgrade the PCIe-based flash SSD in your mid-2013 or later MacBook Pro with Retina display, MacBook Air, or Mac Pro with up to sixteen times the original capacity.
#SSD DRIVE FOR MACBOOK PRO 15 LATE 2013 SERIAL#
PCIe is a high-speed serial link used only on the latest Macs, replacing the slower SATA connections of earlier machines. The MBP 15 is able to achieve these speeds because it has a 4-channel PCIe connection to the SSD, in contrast to the 2-channel link on the MBP 13 and MacBook Air models, though from some reader reports this may be the case only on models fitted with 1TB drives …
It offers very fast read/write speeds of 950MB/s. The reason for this isn’t yet clear: it may be the drives used offer greater bandwidth.īenchmark tests by French site Mac4Ever show that the latest MacBook Pro 15 is delivering SSD read and write speeds in excess of 1GB per second. The site repeatedly achieved these speeds when Apple claims only “up to 775MB per second.” The Transcend JetDrive is a fast PCIe SSD for MacBook Pro models from 2013 to 2015. Update: It appears this may be a function of the 1TB drives fitted to both 13- and 15-inch models.