Hi again,
So I've reached out to AKAI's support to get more information around this.
They've never actually tested SSDs in MPCs, so they cannot provide full support for it. (fair enough)
However, they've provided some best practice info:
the hard drive should be set as master, the SSDs should be models with Garbage Collection and Auto-Trim function (similar to what is recommend for when you put an SSD into a Windows XP computer).
The regular HDD models that are marked "compatible" are:
Seagate Model: ST92011A (20GB)
Fujitsu Model: MHN2200AT (20GB) [Discontinued]
Fujitsu Model: MHM2200AT (20GB) [Discontinued]
Toshiba Model: MK4026GAX (40GB)
Hitachi Model: HTS541080G9AT00 (80GB)
The Maximum size for a hard drive that is fully compatible with the MPC1000 is 128GB.
I had also asked about CF cards.
2GB is the size that's recommended and marked compatible for the MPC1000. Greater sizes might work, but are not guaranteed to work. Partitioning a CF Card into multiple 2GB Partitions might be an option (in which case Windows typically formats into NTFS - this file system is not supported by MPCs, so you should make sure to format into FAT).
I ended up going for a regular Seagate IDE hard drive (80GB, not listed above, but seemingly fully compatible), not an SSD.
If anyone tests another SSD and can provide more info on that matter, please: bring it on!
enjoy.
the intern.