John W Colby
jwcolby at gmail.com
Sat Mar 8 22:38:56 CST 2014
I had to buy Windows 7 to overwrite the Windows 8 install so yea, it was a complete clean install. John W. Colby Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 3/8/2014 5:28 PM, Bill Benson wrote: > 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 >> --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com