@jars99 No, unfortunately OS X does not support TRIM. It's really disappointing because it's the main thing holding me back from getting a SSD. Hopefully I won't have to upgrade to 10.7 when it comes out in order to do so.
@aschettler TRIM isn't just done by Microsoft - It's a feature of SSD firmware/hardware. The OS has to support it to take advantage of it. Linus added support for Linux into Kernel 2.6.33. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM . I can't seem to find anything about it for macs though.
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Do macs have TRIM support? If not, isn't it about time they get it?
@jars99 No, unfortunately OS X does not support TRIM. It's really disappointing because it's the main thing holding me back from getting a SSD. Hopefully I won't have to upgrade to 10.7 when it comes out in order to do so.
@jars99 TRIM is a feature developed by Microsoft for Windows 7.
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TRIM isn't just done by Microsoft - It's a feature of SSD firmware/hardware. The OS has to support it to take advantage of it. Linus added support for Linux into Kernel 2.6.33. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIM . I can't seem to find anything about it for macs though.