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Bart |
posted on 13th Apr 12 at 16:00 |
quote: indeed... but for me the performance massively outweighs the possibility of it going wrong. Given that ALL my important stuff is stored on my NAS (and backed up onto a 2TB USB 3 external drive and then to the HIDrive cloud), my PC is a mere terminal. wouldnt be the end of the world if I had to reinstall / RMA a disk etc. | |
John |
posted on 13th Apr 12 at 15:45 |
Raid 0 is asking for trouble, double the chance of it going wrong. | |
Bart |
posted on 13th Apr 12 at 15:40 |
ive had SSDs for about 4 years now. | |
adiohead |
posted on 13th Apr 12 at 12:48 |
quote: I want MBPs coming out of my ears :cool: | |
Balling |
posted on 13th Apr 12 at 12:45 |
quote: Marketing assistant at a chain of office supplies shops. Why? | |
Rob_Quads |
posted on 13th Apr 12 at 12:36 |
quote: Take a look at FusionIO if you want some real speed machines. Got to play with one at work. Blisteringly quirky but drivers were unstable :( rebooting it typically was not a simple job. | |
adiohead |
posted on 13th Apr 12 at 12:16 |
quote: Where do you work? | |
andy_mk3 |
posted on 13th Apr 12 at 11:54 |
I can't afford them kinda things :( | |
Balling |
posted on 13th Apr 12 at 11:53 |
200 GB OCZ in my work MBP, 300 GB Intel in my private MBP. | |
andy_mk3 |
posted on 13th Apr 12 at 11:36 |
Got the SSD fitted in my laptop now, with the original 500gb drive as storage, soo fast now :) | |
andy_mk3 |
posted on 7th Apr 12 at 10:33 |
Or that :lol: | |
noshua |
posted on 7th Apr 12 at 10:29 |
quote: | |
andy_mk3 |
posted on 7th Apr 12 at 09:27 |
An ssd is no more likely to fail then a mech drive though really! Keep a Ubuntu live cd in you laptop bag for emergencies :) | |
LeeM |
posted on 7th Apr 12 at 09:25 |
Suppose so, I was thinking that just so you're not left without a computer if your ssd dies when you're away from home | |
andy_mk3 |
posted on 7th Apr 12 at 09:20 |
You can yes, it would mean installing the OS twice, and you'd get a choice of which to boot from when you turn it on. But it's pointless really, if the ssd dies then all your data will still be on the mechanical drive anyway. | |
LeeM |
posted on 7th Apr 12 at 09:17 |
My next laptop is getting one, seen an acer that has an empty second hdd slot so just putting a small one for the os and programmes. | |
Rob R |
posted on 7th Apr 12 at 08:53 |
Got a 60gb Vertex 2 in my 5 year old Sony Vaio and it goes well. Just got a new laptop so have bought a 120gb Vertex 3 and 8gb of ram for it so should fly nicely | |
A1EX |
posted on 6th Apr 12 at 19:22 |
brilliant pieces of kit, especially when im uploading and editing loads of photos on photoshop, its been a god send | |
ed |
posted on 6th Apr 12 at 19:05 |
Love the instant startup from standby on my MacBook Air :) Sometimes it takes a little longer if it's having a moment, but it's a hell of a lot quicker than a mechanical. | |
andy_mk3 |
posted on 6th Apr 12 at 18:57 |
quote: I'm sure it is, fully loaded to the desktop with programs open? I'm sure 'new' computers will be even quicker, I'm using 5 year old hardware so I'm sure that's holding it back somewhat. quote: Sata2 at the minute as I'm still using an old Q6600 machine. And it is a little annoying, but anything that's not a big game goes on the SSD anyway, it's still only half full :) I've got a 1TB drivefor storage so it's ideal. I bought a caddy for my laptop as it has space for two drives so I can still use the 500GB drive it came with as storage, so perfect really :) | |
csweatherston |
posted on 6th Apr 12 at 18:53 |
Same, i got so happy when i got my SSD. | |
Steve |
posted on 6th Apr 12 at 18:48 |
20 seconds doesn't sound any quicker then our Dell PCs at work | |
andy_mk3 |
posted on 6th Apr 12 at 18:19 |
Just out of interest, who here owns an SSD (solid state drive)? I've had one in my PC since the beginning of the year, it's made my computer incredibly quick, boots up in 20 seconds flat and programs open instantly :) I've got the OCZ Agility 3 120GB, and I've just ordered a Crucial M4 128GB for my laptop, and I want to get a small one for my HTPC too :D Once you use a computer with an SSD, any other computer, no matter how quick, will seem incredibly slow! |