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I would absolutely recommend SSDs. It's one of the few times you can swap out a component in your computer and notice a performance boost. They are getting bett
by Matt_Cutts 16y ago
I would absolutely recommend SSDs. It's one of the few times you can swap out a component in your computer and notice a performance boost. They are getting better very quickly though, so one big decision is when to pull the trigger. Every few months a new generation of SSDs with better firmware seems to come out. I've switched my laptop and home computer to SSDs.
- notauser 16y agoI switched over to a SSD (from a 5400 rpm drive) in my new laptop and didn't notice much difference at all. Everything was instant before, and it's still instant now. This may be because I have a lot of ram, because I mostly work with small files, or because I'm using Linux which seems to be more resistant to bad disk IO speeds. However I do like the gain in battery life.
- catch23 16y agoyou never load a large program like gimp? The speed difference is huge when loading up gimp on a rpm drive vs ssd. It's also pretty big when doing something like a "select count(*)" over a huge un-indexed table.
- kbob 16y agoThey're just another product on the Moore's Law trajectory. Treat them the same as you do computers and phones -- plan to buy a new one every 2-3 years, and plan on only having the latest and greatest for about 12 minutes after you get it.
- bhiggins 16y agoWrong. HD speed improvements have been pretty flat, and has been far outpaced by HD capacity which is closer to Moore's Law. SSD offers a nice boost in speed. Don't just throw around Moore's Law as if you know something.
- blahpro 16y agoI think you might have misread kbob’s comment. I think he was talking about upgrading from one SSD to another newer SSD — not from HDD to SSD.
- bhiggins 16y agoIt would be stunning for SSDs to take off with exponential speed improvements. Sure, I expect them to get faster and faster, but I have no doubt that there's no Moore's Law at work in this case. I stand by my original comment.
- jcnnghm 16y agoIt has nothing to do with speed, it has to do with transistor counts, which should increase disk size or lower cost.
- bhiggins 16y agoI totally agree. Moore's Law is completely inapplicable when it comes to disk performance.
- jodrellblank 16y agoWhich is a strawman of your own invention that you are being an arse about, kbob didn't mention SSD performance.
- nodata 16y agoWhich SSDs can you recommend for your laptop and home computer?
- seanalltogether 16y agoAnandtech has the best reviews on SSDs I've seen. This is the latest article to benchmark current drives. http://www.anandtech.com/show/3812/the-ssd-diaries-crucials-realssd-c300/1 http://www.anandtech.com/show/3812/the-ssd-diaries-crucials-...
- mmelin 16y agoMy MBP has had a 160 GB Intel X25-M for almost a year and couldn't be happier.
- marcalc 16y agoMe either. This is the single best improvement I've made in the last 4 to 5 years. My MBP is awesome with this X25-M. I have adapted myself to use this little 160gb space very confortably using some external storage at home. This is great! I sure do recommend this to anyone!
- jpdbaugh 16y agoI have an 80 gb intel x-25m in my 13 inch MBP but I also took out the superdrive and installed a 500gb live in an enclosure in the optical bay.
- jodrellblank 16y agoHow does that affect heat and battery life? Does the second disk switch off when not in use?
- jpdbaugh 16y agoYep, it is off when it isn't and use. It does affect battery a little bit but I have found it be negligible.