Most SSD users are aware that TRIM is an essential Windows command that prolongs SSD life and ensures that their SSDs stay speedy. TRIM kicks-in after a file deletion in Windows and notifies the SSD ...

There's something I don't understand about TRIM in solid state drives (SSDs). Wikipedia says, "The TRIM command enables an operating system to notify the SSD of pages which no longer contain valid ...

This is welcome: OS X 10.7 Lion adds support for the TRIM command. The addition of this deep little function will mostly be of interest to new MacBook Air owners, as it’s essential to the long-term ...

Former CNET editor Dong Ngo has been involved with technology since 2000, starting with testing gadgets and writing code for CNET Labs' benchmarks. He managed CNET's San Francisco Labs, reviews 3D ...

Over the past year, our understanding of SSD technology has advanced at a dramatic pace. In theory, SSDs are a massive and total improvement over hard disks. No longer would the system have to wait ...

June 30, 2015 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google For whatever reason, Apple hasn’t allowed you to enable TRIM (one of the best ways to maximize the life of your ...

For users looking to upgrade their older Macs with third-party solid-state drives (SSDs), one issue has been a lack of support for TRIM on these drives under OS X. TRIM is a system-level command that ...

To get a good impression to what extent TRIM can improve SSD performance and limit degradation, we need to test our three selected drives, an OCZ Vertex 120GB, Corsair P128 120GB and Intel X25-M 160GB ...

One of the disadvantages to buying an Apple system is that it generally means less upgradeability and flexibility than a system from a traditional PC OEM. Over the last few years, Apple has introduced ...