Virtual Memory on Apple MacBook Pro —
How the Tests Were Run

Last updated April 27, 2010

The graphs use the following acronyms and terms are used:

Core i7         = MacBook Pro 17" (April 2010) with 2.66GHz Core i7 processor
Core 2D         = MacBook Pro 17" (2009) with 2.93GHz Core 2 Duo processor

HDD                   = hard disk drive

SSD                   = solid state drive

SSD-OWC-stripe        = 2-drive RAID-0 stripe of OWC Mercury Extreme 200GB SSD

SSD-OWC-mirror        = 2-drive RAID-1 mirror of OWC Mercury Extreme 200GB SSD

SSD-Intel80g1         = Intel X25-M 80GB first generation SSD

SSD-Intel80g2         = Intel X25-M 80GB second generation SSD

HDD-5400rpm-Fujitsu   = Fujitsu 500GB 5400rpm laptop hard drive

HDD-7200rpm-Hitachi   = Hitachi 500GB Travelstar 7K500 7200rpm laptop hard drive

HDD-7200rpm-Seagate   = Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB laptop hard drive

SSD-CrucialRealSSD    = Crucial 256GB RealSSD solid state drive

SSD-CrucialM225       = Crucial M225 256GB solid state drive

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How the Tests Were Run