Also the technology is still improving a lot. I think end of this year or early next year would be a good time to upgrade all my systems to SSD with win 7. For now on win7 with 7200/5400rpm drives.
borisnotthespider said: This is indeed a good deal..
I am looking for $1/GB before I get one though
Also the technology is still improving a lot. I think end of this year or early next year would be a good time to upgrade all my systems to SSD with win 7. For now on win7 with 7200/5400rpm drives.
Good luck waiting for $1/GB SSD. Meanwhile, I'll be booting up, shutting down, and accessing at two the three times faster speeds...
Yeah I have an Intel 80GB SSD in my work PC right now ! Makes all the world of difference But I have been waiting for 100+GB Drives to hit a decent price point so I don't lose storage capacity on my MacBook Pro.
$1/GB would be nice but under $2/GB is a decent deal these days!
muoot said: borisnotthespider said: This is indeed a good deal..
I am looking for $1/GB before I get one though
Also the technology is still improving a lot. I think end of this year or early next year would be a good time to upgrade all my systems to SSD with win 7. For now on win7 with 7200/5400rpm drives.
Good luck waiting for $1/GB SSD. Meanwhile, I'll be booting up, shutting down, and accessing at two the three times faster speeds...
Yeah, get it while it's hot. In a few days, the price might go up again. You don't want to be the guy who waited until a T9xxx processor laptop got down to $300 when everyone is already jiving about their new new Core i5.
Honestly, I can wait extra 1-2mins a day waiting for my laptop to reboot if necessary.. I mostly hibernate. My apps start in 10 secs.. but that comes down to 3 secs perhaps with SSD.. Not really that critical for me.
But I have 500gb 7200 RPM drive, I got for $77 after CB. I barely get 30GB SSD for that price. I can have ALL my files on one drive and back it up nightly with one touch onto a 1TB external drive. With SSD, I have to have multiple drives or shell out $300 for a decent storage..
Finally, The technology has been improving in Leaps and Bounds. I would rather wait and not pay a HUGE premium for a OK increase in performance I can do without for now.
While you enjoy your laptop booting few secs faster, I am certainly few years CLOSER to retirement by being frugal with my money.. Each has their own priorities.. Don't need to be smart alexy about it..
muoot said: borisnotthespider said: This is indeed a good deal..
I am looking for $1/GB before I get one though
Also the technology is still improving a lot. I think end of this year or early next year would be a good time to upgrade all my systems to SSD with win 7. For now on win7 with 7200/5400rpm drives.
Good luck waiting for $1/GB SSD. Meanwhile, I'll be booting up, shutting down, and accessing at two the three times faster speeds...
Once you try a SSD drive, you will see it is with out a doubt worth the money ! 3 seconds to open an APP is slow or bloated APP !!
It is difficult for me to sit at a computer now without one, I think there is something wrong when I am working on it. My mental benchmarks are totally distorted now.
If you use your PC for business - get one! You will make the money back just in your time of not having to wait !
I am not denying the performance aspect at all. The most time consuming stuff for me is visual studio 2010. Everything else is quite zippy and I see that an SSD can cut few secs there..
I absolutely need something greater than 120GB. 200GB would be ideal. I use Virtual Machines and they HOG space a lot. I have a x61 tablet and don't have room for a second modular drive. Pricewise, $150 is my budget and I am sure, it will be down there in 6-7 months
tarunkhurana
Member
posted: Jul. 2, 2010 @ 2:01p
I am heavy visual studio 2010 user and ended up buying Samsung 256gb SSD for $375 and use seagate 1TB goflex for my VMs. Made world of difference!
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