I would say that this is what's going on:ġ.) Apple's SSDs run their own custom firmware and take care of drive degredation in a custom, non-industry standard way (aka TRIM) - what a surprise, just like everything else Apple does.Ģ.) Apple has done this on purpose so they can make money selling SSDs for more than a standard (non Apple OEM) SSD would cost you.ģ.) Apple will never implement TRIM they want you to buy their drives with their firmware, which by all accounts, do not need TRIM and do not suffer from poor performance after extended usage.Ĭonsider the facts - Windows 7, Linux, BSD, has supported TRIM for over a year now.
I've done quite a bit of research on this subject and here's what I have come up with.īased on anandtech's knowledge and reports, all of the Apple sold SSDs are OEM drives from either Samsung or Toshiba, and they all run custom firmware
