Customers find value in the Ultra II 480GB Internal SATA Solid State Drive's performance and speed, leading to faster boot times and improved overall system responsiveness. Many appreciate its ease of installation and the reasonable price point for the storage capacity offered. While some users mentioned the drive's size as a minor drawback, the positive feedback on performance and value significantly outweighs this concern.
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Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great
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I have bought at least 4 of these drives and my customers cannot believe how much faster their laptops are. 2 thumbs up!!
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great hard drive
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Fast, reliable and great price. Easy to install and very light. Would for sure recommend it
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Performance Upgrade
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I put this SSD in my laptop, and what a difference! I had to buy a cable to transfer my old data (extra cost), but the setup was easy.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast and reliable
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I put this in my wifes laptop and it is so much faster now. I havent had a single problem with it and installation was extremely easy.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Speed
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Love the drive, quick start ups. I do a lot of video work and this drive has enough room to keep the files of smaller video projects.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome hard drive
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My hard drive crashed in my computer. I bought this one and is sooooo much faster than my original one. Well worth the money spent.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Boot time, Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works great
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Works great in my mid 2012 MacBook Pro and my Panasonic toughbook CF-19. This hard drive reduces my start time to under 10 seconds for both my computers. I would highly recomened this hard drive for anyone who wants a much faster hard drive for daily use.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Boot time, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best Buck for My Dollar
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My SSD card has make my computer run at top speed. I am able to turn of the computer and then turn back on with only a blink of an eye the system is started. No more wait time to boot up. Also, I am able to do anything on my computer in record timing. I would absolutely recommend the SSD card in exchange for any hard drive on a computer.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast Drive
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Great SSD. It's very quick and reliable. If you are coming from a traditional hard drive this will be a night and day difference.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast and a great value
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My hard drive was showing signs of failure, so I purchased this and used it to clone my date to it. I knew that a SSD will be faster and more reliable, but it is quieter too. It is noticeably faster during boot-up and normal operation, but I was installing a large software package that I had downloaded, and it was remarkably faster.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast as advertised
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Got a good deal on this drive and delivers the speeds as advertised. Only had for a month so can't comment on reliability yet.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Boot time
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast SSD Drive, works as expected
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This SSD drive replaced an old Hard Drive on a system over 8 years old. The system now runs Windows 10 and boots in 7 seconds.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Boot time
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great drive, great price!
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Setup my computer with Windows 10 and boot time is significantly reduced. You will love the benefits of a solid state drive.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Purchase - Stable Great Performance
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I have two of these drives and they work flawlessly. Definitely recommend upgrading if you are still using a spinning disk.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good value for the price
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This is an awesome hard drive it speeded up my computer twice as fast as it was when I bought it would recommend to anyone
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Revived a cheap laptop and my Mac Mini
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I noticed that my 2nd gen Core i3 Mac Mini and 4th gen Core i3 HP laptop were slowing waaaay down with the latest version of the respective OS' installed on them, specifically they were spending an inordinate amount of time accessing their hard drives.
Experienced showed that this was a clue that replacing the hard drives with SSD's would likely dramatically boost the performance, so i looked around at the various 500 GB SSD options, and found the Sandisk SSD on sale on the Best Buy website. My prior experiences have been with intel SSD's which have been excellent so far, so I was a bit leery of switching brands, but for the price, I figured it was worth the risk.
I love the ability to purchase an item from Best Buy and pick it up hours later at the customer service desk at my local store. It ensures that I won't show up and find them out of stock. So I did just that with this SSD.
The Sandisk does NOT come with cloning software for Mac OS, but a web search explained how to use the archiving utility in Mac OS to clone my hard drive to the new SSD. This does require a USB-to-SATA adapter which I have.
Swapping the hard drive for an SSD in a Mac Mini is not for the faint of heart or ill-equipped (tool wise). Fortunately I am quite comfortable around the innards of computers, so it just took some patience and step by step directions I found online. Here's where I found the first shortcoming of the Sandisk SSD: it's missing some mounting holes that the Mac Mini uses to secure the drive into the chassis. Since I don't move the Mac Mini around much, I crossed my fingers and secured it the best I could.
Performance-wise, the drive was a huge improvement and breathed new life into my 2nd gen (Sandybridge) Mac Mini.
In fact I was impressed enough that I bought a second SSD within a few days and revived a 4th gen (Haswell) i3 laptop I have. That turned the laptop from a test of patience as I waited for the disk to go unbusy to where it's fully-usable and I use it as a work laptop.
Overall a great value and very good performer.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
An easy upgrade
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This upgrade was so easy even a cxxxman could do it. And my old laptop flies now.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Exactly what I wanted
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Works great and good value. Easy install. Always have had good luck with Sandisk
I would recommend this to a friend
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Performance, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Easy way to speed up compter
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This hard drive replaced the same sized drive in a laptop. The performance difference is amazing. It used to take 30-40 seconds for the laptop to boot. Now it takes about 10 seconds. Applications that took 10-15 to load and open now take a second or less. It brought better than new performance back to my old laptop.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Installation
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast response
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Very quick access time
Easy to install. Looked at other brands and found this to be the best value for the money spent.