Crucial MX500 1TB 3D NAND SATA, 2.5 inch 7mm with 9.5mm adapter Internal SSD Blue/Gray, CT1000MX500SSD1, Crucial MX500 SSD

I had an old Dell laptop XPs15Z, which had HDD with bad sectors over the years. The laptop was deadslow and programs will never load. My nephew suggested to change to SSD and upgrade RAM to 16GB, which I purchased and this Crucial SDD gave me 100% relief from my trouble. Now improved from 8GB to 16GB with my new Crucial SSD, my laptop is superfast now. I am really satisfied and will recommend this to every one who do not want to buy a new laptop spending heavy

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I upgraded my 4 year old pc which was running on snail pace with this and now machine works faster than before. Boots in seconds. I shortlisted this one and samsung evo. I purchased this because price was very less compared to samsung ssd. Disk cloning was little difficult with the supplied tool. The system never boots with the cloned disk. I had to make bootable usb with acronis and do some boot configurations updates to boot from the new SSD.

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It's impossible to update firmware version on a Mac using macOS only but on windows its very easy then it'll be updated & could be used on a Mac, I couldn't update the firmware on my MacBook Pro mid 2012 9,2 model while running macOS but when I installed windows 10 pro using Bootcamp on the same device I could really update the firmware easily using the Crucial Storage Executive and it's a free software tool that helps optimize the performance of your Crucial SSD as the said in their official website, The read / write speed is not reaching the maximum they mentioned after I've tested it with Blackmagic software despite having an : Intel 7 Series Chipset Link Speed: 6 Gigabit Negotiated Link Speed: 6 Gigabit SATA Onboard but it's not bad also & it's also very good in other test parameters other than the speed but it's really very good in overall performance and my old MacBook Pro can recognize the updated firmware after booting in macOS Ventura and even after removing windows 10 pro and reinstalling macOS, It is fast in every day usage including browsing the net ...etc After I could successfully update the firmware version I can recommend it for Mac users, It was also faster on windows 10 pro or even windows 11 pro on my MacBook Pro mid 2012 9,2 it's very good in Overall performance I can recommend it especially after the price dropped after I've purchased it directly :-)

Bought it and cloned my laptop HDD into it and I am now enjoying the speed of SSD. The cloning instructions are clear and the Acronis cloning function can be downloaded from Crucial web site. You just need a Sata-USB cable to connect the SSD to the laptop via the USB to clone it. I Bought a very cheep cable that did the job (https://amzn.eu/d/1a2yffY). Then replace the HDD with the clobed SSD and that's it. And it arrived quickly.

A good product is something you buy, install and forget about it. This is one of them. Zero dramas, works like it should and continues to work.

It was Much Needed Purchase As My really OLD laptop with HDD was dead! And needed an upgrade with Sata SSD! Now it runs Smooth As Butter & All thanks to Amazon for Getting my Requirements meet at easiest And Cheapest @ My Door Front!! Thanks a lot!! Will keep shopping for more Here🫰🏻

I just installed the 1 TB version of this SSD on my Macbook Pro 15" Mid 2012 (not Retina) running Mojave and it installed easily and quickly. And, wow! What difference in performance! My MBP flies now. As someone else mentioned, I'd upgraded my RAM to 16 GB without much of a visible difference in performance. I'd installed a 500GB WD Sata drive running 7200rpm, but that didn't help that much either. This Crucial SSD does! It now boots up in seconds, and all of the software loads and runs so much more quickly and efficiently, as do folders opening and everything else on the computer. Wish I'd done this earlier. It really is night and day, performance wise. This Mac actually boots up and runs faster than my friend's Macbook Pro 15" 2012 Retina with a faster architecture and Apple's built-in SSD. This really is a required upgrade for any Mac computer or laptop 2012 and earlier to give it new life. I initially installed the SSD into a Sata 2.5" external drive case (it fit perfectly) then connected it my computer, erasing it using Disk Utility as an APFS drive (APFS drive formatting is required for any Mac OS Mojave and newer). I already had a USB installer for Mojave, so I rebooted from that instead of using Recovery -- which will work just as well -- I'm just a purist when I can when it comes to tech, lol. I installed OS 10.14 (operating system) onto the Crucial SSD, then rebooted into the external SSD drive when everything was done (hold down the Option key when restarting and choose your startup drive). I ran all of the udates that way, then powered down and switched the drives out (SSD to internal, Sata drive to the external case so I could migrate my data onto the new SSD and be done). I wanted to make sure everything would run properly before installing the SSD internally -- though it's easy enough to install -- completely plug n play. Also in order to find the firmware version of the SSD, it has to be installed internally -- if I had to run a firmware update, I wanted to do it before transferring all of my data over -- just in case. Booted up again with the SSD internally, then opened Migration Assistant (in the Utilities Folder) and let it transfer my profile and data over. Then rebooted one last time and watched the magic happen, lol. Note: The first boot will be longer as the Finder figures out where everything is, but after that... literally seconds to a login screen. Someone was worrying about the firmware version, which can affect installation of either an Mac or a Windows OS, and the firmware of this one was sent with what looks to be the latest version (Revision: M3CR045), later than what was available on Crucial's website for this drive. I was concerned when I found out about the lifespan of these SSDs (usually around five years), but then I figured that $20/year for what I've paid for this drive is more than worth it. I'll just make a note five years from now to make more constant backups, lol. So, go forth with confidence, and make your older computers the bang of the ball.

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After a year and months later, this storage medium held up well, doing the same fast transfer speeds at an old laptop. I recommend this for people who doesn't want to spend a alot on computer parts.

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Great and functions well