[lmfboy01]

quick question here...
how are SSd hard drives compared to standard hard drives?? their is this laptop and the price difference for a 32gb SSD compared to a 100gb standard hard drive is $500.... 68gigs less than $500 more mulah? why?

 

[d-cee]

SSD = solid state disk

solid state disks are (generally) faster, run cooler, are silent and have no moving parts.

they're less likely to become damaged if dropped or exposed to shock

also hella expensive as you've discovered

 

[rxc]

The SSD drives are also very new and though expensive you should've seen the prices for the first few drives to market.

I'm waiting for the prices to drop even more and the capacities to go up but that could take a while.

 

[lmfboy01]

could you theoretically replace out a standard laptop hard drive into a ssd drive? that would be a pretty good upgrade when the prices drop, dont ya think?

 

[marvin]

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Originally Posted by lmfboy01 /img/forum/go_quote.gif could you theoretically replace out a standard laptop hard drive into a ssd drive? that would be a pretty good upgrade when the prices drop, dont ya think?

http://www.mobilewhack.com/sony-vaio...to-the-public/

Coming soon. Beware prices.

 

[Shizelbs]

Anyone, or hear of someone, run a setup with just the OS on the SSD drive and notice much in the way of performance increase?

 

[chesebert]

these would be great for notebooks, alas the $$$$$$$

 

[MontyPythizzle]

The transfer speed is crap!
The seek times are GREATLY reduced though.
There are MANY SSD reviews and comparisons.

 

[n4k33n]

Ultimately, it would be nice to see full SSD disks replace hard drives in the near future, but eh, its not gonna happen. As time goes on we will be seeing more hybrid drives which accomplish the best of both.

 

[lmfboy01]

ok,
so from what i've read, ssd vs. hd is almost a wash.... here's what i have found.

transfer speed - ssd
read/write speed - hd
burst - hd
seek time - ssd
capacity - hd
battery life - ssd
price - hd
durability - ssd

4-4... even but given the price and capacity with the new technology, its almost a wash...

so this brings me to a question that i've been looking for an answer... ive been looking at the sony tz series.... from the tz150(cheapest is around 2k) and the tz190+ at about high 2900's.... does this 900 give you that needed extra in an ultraportable laptop? help me!
thx!

 

[Quaddy]

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Originally Posted by Shizelbs /img/forum/go_quote.gif Anyone, or hear of someone, run a setup with just the OS on the SSD drive and notice much in the way of performance increase?

kind of, its like the ramdisk deal isnt it. way faster.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...84544344753709

 

[Aevum]

150-180 bucks will get you a 150x 16gb compact flash off ebay, another 30 bucks will get you a IDE to CF convertor, sustained speeds will never go above 30-40Mb/sec, but access times will improve alot,

 

[roadtonowhere08]

Don't forget limited write cycles. Last I checked, they are not like RAM, where you can rewrite almost infinitely. SSD should be more durable than common flash, but I would bet a magnetic HD would survive repeated rewrites longer.

 

[Aevum]

yea, the compact flash would probobly last a couple of months with normal HD use write cycles,

was it between 500 and 1000 cycles ?

 

[roadtonowhere08]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aevum /img/forum/go_quote.gif yea, the compact flash would probobly last a couple of months with normal HD use write cycles, was it between 500 and 1000 cycles ?

I think it was more than that... more like in the thousands of rewrites. But nothing compared to a magnetic HD or RAM.