John W Colby
jwcolby at gmail.com
Sat Mar 8 22:40:07 CST 2014
It is internal. I pulled out the internal 5400 rpm drive and replaced it with the SSD. They are the same form factor. John W. Colby Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 3/8/2014 5:57 PM, jack drawbridge wrote: > John, > > Do you have an internal HDD on your laptop or is what you have for HDD all > USB connected? > I see the EVo 500 GB SSD at newegg for 279 now. > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147249 > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Bill Benson <bensonforums at gmail.com> 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 >>> >> -- >> 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