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 >> > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >