Packaging: If sending a disk I expect a bubble wrap, and not just a sort of cardboard envelope.
Product: HAMMER! I could not imagine that the speed difference is so huge to me in advance. The Samsung 840 EVO is compared to the old HDD (Hitachi | 750GB | 7200 RPM) less than half the weight and fit with millimeter precision. The conversion went amazingly fast (max. 10 min). After installation I have the SSD formatted and restored via Time Machine the last backup (350 GB). I had only doubts whether I should play all the old installation scrap or re-re-set the system little by little. Due to time constraints I have, however, decided to use the backup version. The restoration took about 4 hours but the wait was worth it ... since it says. Rock 'n' Roll ...
Here are some details of the made-speed tests:
Start (application and load all tools incl. Dropbox)
HDD: 2:05 min
SSD: 00:37 min
Adobe Photoshop (opening and loading the settings)
HDD: 0:14 min
SSD: 00:06 min
4.4 GB - file (compress | decompress | duplicate)
HDD: 3:01 min | 0:47 min | 1:32 min
SSD: 2:41 min | 0:23 min | 0:16 min
Disk Speed Test (write | read)
HDD: 95.3 MB / s | 98.0 MB / s
SSD: 440 MB / s | 504 MB / s
