[AccessD] Dell 5348 SSD upgrade

[John Colby]

I just upgraded my Dell 5348 "All-in-one" from a 5400 RPM 1 tb drive to 
a SanDisk X400 2.5" 512GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive.

I timed the time from power on to login screen.

With the 5400 rpm disk it took TWO DAMNED MINUTES (!!!!!) to get to the 
login screen.

With the SSD it took 15 seconds.

With the hard disk it took 45 more seconds to get from login screen to 
the desktop with all the desktop icons loaded.

With the SSD it took an additional 3 seconds.

2:45 from turn on to desktop ready (plus time to type in the password) 
for the hard disk

0:18 total from turn on to desktop ready (plus time to type in the 
password) for the SSD.

And this is a puny little 2 core Core3 (4 logical) at 3:3 ghz. Suddenly 
it is a snappy little machine.

What a difference an SSD makes.  :)

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John W. Colby