[AccessD] apocalypse someday...

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
>>>
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