Upgrade your laptop HDD to SSD!

[dieselhead]

Just got an 120 GB Patriot Inferno in my tiny Aspire 1410 notebook. ATTO test shows 268 MB/s write and 283 MB/s read speed. Everything starts and closes in an instant, the battery seems to last longer and the thing is dead quiet now. What's not to love? The pricetag maybe, cost me $299 but if you ask me, is worth it.

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[Snotty]

ive been considering an ssd for my desktop. stupid question i have no idea about these things now. but will they work with standard sata interfaces or do you need to have something special, my machine is about 3 years old but still does the job fine.

[dieselhead]

It should work all right, however it might limit speed if the mobo is too old. Better to check a few forums before you buy an expensive SSD. On the other hand, if my tiny lappie can reach these speeds then any desktop with SATA II posts should be able to

[poita]

send me a 500gb one an i'll give it a go

still not convnced on SSD tbh

[dieselhead]

You don't need 500 GB in a lappie, do you? If you're still not convinced, run the test on yours and then compare the figures. Speed is simply amazing. Google Earth for instance starts almost instantly now, so do all Office applications and the web browsers. All of this on a notebook powered by a dual core celeron running at 1.2 GHz.

[lee]

I'm eventually going to swap the optical disk drive in my Macbook Pro with an SSD, and use that as a boot drive. Near instant boot and launch times are very attractive!

[poita]

i do actually, since i dont use a desktop anymore.

using close to 300gb

[MAD-16V]

SSD drives are the future, So much faster!! and dead silent!

But at the moment they are massively overpriced

Give it another year.

[dieselhead]

My SSD cost me way more than the notebook, ha ha! However, I needed one for my peace of mind and of course, for the speed. So many HDDs fail in laptops due to either heat or killed by shocks. An SSD is imune to both, so is worth having even before speed is taken into account. And because it runs cooler, the laptops internals are a bit cooler, too.
I'll do a few videos with the Aspire starting, opening Google Earth and say Office and shutting down. So much fun to watch I tell ya!

[MAD-16V]

I actually just purchased one of Toshibas new Satellite notebooks - It has this tech in it called 3d shock sensor - If the hard drive inside the notebook detects vibration or is bumped , The hard drives head is moved away from the platter to avoid damage.

Very cool tech - I find myself bumping it just to get the message pop up to say - Hey dont do that!