Solild State Disks
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Not to mention dozens of ruggedized industrial uses, military apps, field deployable data acquisition, small and efficient video monitoring, etc, etc. It isn't all PCs.
Intel is slashing prices for their SSD (by a third for the 80GB version: $600 vs. $400).
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/848/1050848/intel-slashes-ssd-prices
Diogen.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/848/1050848/intel-slashes-ssd-prices
Diogen.
I just ordered a G.Skill Titan 128GB over the weekend to use in my everday laptop (that I'm typing on right now).
I'll probably flip over to it over the weekend.
I'll probably flip over to it over the weekend.
I flipped over to the SSD tonight and it is quite snappy 
Much faster boot and shutdown times, and everything seems to open in turbo mode!
Initial impressions positive, but it is also still too soon to tell. I also get another huge jump in speed by updating my SATA chipset driver. Very sweet.
Much faster boot and shutdown times, and everything seems to open in turbo mode!
Initial impressions positive, but it is also still too soon to tell. I also get another huge jump in speed by updating my SATA chipset driver. Very sweet.
After a really bumpy ride for a year or so, SSDs seem to slowly get where everybody is expecting them to be. A nice summary article can be found here
Little, big, and green: a biography of the solid-state disk - Ars Technica
Diogen.
Little, big, and green: a biography of the solid-state disk - Ars Technica
Diogen.
The price will drop dramatically as it does with everything else and it will become the standard eventually with advancements in technology.
But for this to happen it has to become a commodity.
SSDs of today have hardly anything in common with SSDs of a year ago, when this thread was started.
Intel had to release three (!) firmware upgrades every time bricking a good chunk of their products in the field.
Intel's SSD firmware brings speed boost, mass death (again) - Ars Technica
Diogen.
Yep. This "commodity" might be a relatively long time in the making.
Magnetic bubble memory, anyone?
Magnetic bubble memory, anyone?
I have mine running, it really makes it start up and run so much faster (corp pc =all the usual stuff they make us run for security etc)
As part of the upgrade they also made us install pgp as i guess the usual hd password doesnt work the same )
There is a shortness of supply but for me 60gb is plenty. I will probably get one for my boot/os drive for my home desktop as a christmas present to me, use the old hd's for backups and movies, songs etc, though frankly dont use the space i have now.
As part of the upgrade they also made us install pgp as i guess the usual hd password doesnt work the same )
There is a shortness of supply but for me 60gb is plenty. I will probably get one for my boot/os drive for my home desktop as a christmas present to me, use the old hd's for backups and movies, songs etc, though frankly dont use the space i have now.
I think one problem for solid state disks for computers is that the demand for increased space is always increasing and hard drives are the only thing that has been able to keep up with the demand.
SSDs make fine boot drives. You can always use a slow hulking hard disk for the rest of your storage.
They are dipping under $100 now. AnandTech: Updated: The SSD Improv: Intel & Indilinx get TRIM, Kingston Brings Intel Down to $115
Kingston is $115 with a rebate to drop it below $100. 40GB is small, but uses the intel controller for good speed.
They are dipping under $100 now. AnandTech: Updated: The SSD Improv: Intel & Indilinx get TRIM, Kingston Brings Intel Down to $115
Kingston is $115 with a rebate to drop it below $100. 40GB is small, but uses the intel controller for good speed.
Very much so.
The latest Dell E4200 with a 128GB SSD boots faster than most of the D5xx/6xx took to wake up.
But when you consider that the same $100 buy you a 1TB HDD, it makes you pause...
Diogen.
True, but what other $100 improvement can you make on a computer that makes this large of a difference? I have both laptops and one desktop with SSD drives now. I can use full hybernate all the time on the laptops without any worries about it taking any time at all for it to resume. It is like using a screen saver.
Nothing, really.
And when buying a $2K+ (i.e. E4200) laptop this wouldn't even be a discussion.
But on a netbook replacing a 160GB HDD with a 128GB SSD more than doubles the price (Canadian pricing)...
Diogen.
Some people do not need that much space on their computer while others prefer to store their data on an external hard drive.
