[AccessD] apocalypse someday...

Bill Benson bensonforums at gmail.com
Sat Mar 8 16:28:35 CST 2014


Did you have to reinstall everything you had already put on the as-built
drive or did you use some imaging software that got you across the goal
line?
On Mar 8, 2014 5:15 PM, "John W Colby" <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:

> I spent $300 for a 500GB Samsung EVO SSD for my $1000 HP Envy 17.  Night
> and day difference in performance, loading and writing EVERYTHING.  Laptops
> are crippled with their crappy 5400 RPM drives, but even 7200 drives are
> three times slower than a good SSD.  It's like buying a ferrari and hooking
> it up to a Clydesdale to pull it down the road.  Plus the SSD has no moving
> parts and is lower powered.  What's not to like (other than price).
>
> John W. Colby
>
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
>
> On 3/8/2014 5:04 PM, Bill Benson wrote:
>
>> Speaking of moving forwards.
>>
>> Does any geeky guy/gal want to weigh in on whether SSDs are worth the
>> humongous price per gb difference versus standard (spinning platter) HDDs?
>>
>> I think that this is may be one area where the speed/durability gap
>> between
>> laptop and desktop is levelled.
>>
>> My only reason besides cost for not switching over is I don't want to go
>> through more re - installs of my "everything". But if I find out for sure
>> I
>> can upgrade without installing everything (and fr--no Dell won't give me
>> any coaching because "Our policy at Dell forbids us from talking about
>> data." Excuse me, you are a tech company and that involves data, right
>> hmmm? Fuhgettaboudit.
>>
>> BB
>>
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