Comments on: Which SSD Should I Get For My Laptop? https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/ Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508834 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:05:08 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508834 Holy crap. Looking at those specs, I wonder if swapping memory on one of these babies is almost as good as putting in RAM, bang-for-buck wise.

Not as compensation for enemic ram, but if you have 2 gigs and are running Linux (nice and efficient) a swap file on this kind of drive would have an impact, perhaps.

]]> By: Left_Wing_Fox https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508833 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:53:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508833 Ah, they also have the Aura models for laptops and ultraportables.

I’m considering one of these in my next computer.

]]> By: Left_Wing_Fox https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508832 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:50:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508832 Have you considered OWC’s Mercury 6G drives?

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Mercury_6G/

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508831 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:50:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508831 Excel? What’s that? We have an Excel Stadium in Saint Paul, I think.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508830 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:43:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508830 Sailor, the idea is to use it as a system drive, and to hold data that is always backed up in the cloud.

Wait, hold on a sec. Are you telling me that you are not supposed to but USB drives in the washing machine? Seriously?

]]> By: Maciej https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508829 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:43:15 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508829 Thanks for post. The most important is, for what you will be use this laptop. If for the Microsoft Word/ Excel, you don’t need fireworks 🙂

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508828 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:41:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508828 Mad: Hmmmm.. it wouldn’t have to cost much to cost more than my laptop… but anyway, I’m not sure if I want to spend a lot for this. For the laptop, all data will be fully redundant and the system is very easy to reinstall. I was assuming that reputability and longevity were not expected for an SSD.

Regarding speed, the whole point of getting an SSD is the speed.

]]> By: Mu https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508827 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:21:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508827 AnandTech had a very recent review here
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4863/the-samsung-ssd-830-review
might want to take a look at the competitors.
Or subscribe to Newegg’s deal email, they typically have some decent price breaks which might allow you to go bigger or faster than you would otherwise.

]]> By: sailor https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508826 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:29:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508826 If it is a drive to back a lot up on, why ssd? a regular hard drive is very compact and easy and way cheaper. If it is for important not such bulky stuff you must keep with you, well those 8 or 16 gig usb drives make a great keyring. I once forgot one and it went in my trouser pockets through the laundry – washer and dryer. It fell out of the pocket in the drier. Not not only did it still work, no data was lost.

]]> By: MadScientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508825 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:10:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/05/which-ssd-should-i-get-for-my/#comment-508825 Drives with “Single Layer Cell” technology – they are far more reliable than “Multi Layer Cell” devices, although they cost more than the computer. I’ve built the Intel X25E into instruments but still keep a hot spare to swap over in case the drive fails. Thanks to firmware shuffling stuff around, many people have been happily using MLC devices in their laptops for over 2 years with few problems, so it tends to be paranoid people like me who use SLC.

As for speed – well, many crappy SSDs use the same technology as the “SD” USB gizmos – they are both slow and crappy, but cheap to produce so folks making ’em really rake in the dough and hurt the sales of people selling the genuine stuff.

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