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The only thing that bothers me about the all notebook route ( and trust me, I'd really like to do this) is that their disk drives are still butt-slow. I do a hu
by noonespecial 16y ago
The only thing that bothers me about the all notebook route ( and trust me, I'd really like to do this) is that their disk drives are still butt-slow. I do a huge amount of creating and modifying virtual machines for deploy. The copy/clone operation that takes my disk array of cheap desktop sata drives 5 minutes to do takes my macbook pro nearly half an hour. All the cores and ram helps too. Those who work with large video, audio and graphics files probable have similar experiences.
Lets just say that there will be less reasons to have a big, boxy computer on one's desk...
- brazzy 16y agoFork out the money for an SSD and you'll never look back. In a laptop, they beat HDs twice over: they don't need to be slower than desktop models to save power/heat AND they aren't more expensive compared to desktop models due to size. In fact, SSDs are increasingly only available in 2.5" format.
- BigZaphod 16y agoI can't second this recommendation enough. An SSD in your laptop makes such a colossal difference that it's almost impossible to describe to someone who has never used one. :)
- noonespecial 16y agoThanks (and to the reply to this as well). I've been a little reluctant to shell out for an SSD not knowing what's hype and what's real. Recommendations from actual people on HN is probably enough to push me over the edge at least for my MBP. If you were going to buy just one and use it as you primary (only) drive in your most important computer, which brand and model would it be?
- brazzy 16y agoI recently did build a desktop computer and chose the Intel X25-M (80GB). Intel's SSDs are generally considered to offer very good performance, and that one seens to give the best value for money.