Solid state drives

[Theo]

Is anyone using solid state drives? Looking into buying and need your own experience and recommendations, especially when used with Windows Vista.

 

[dotcomgiant]

I have two ssd from corsair and samsung . Both are good, fast and small. Am happy with those so far . But none of those are running windows .

 

[tristanperry]

I haven't personally used them, just read reviews and looked at benchmark results etc.

They seem to be quite a bit faster, however they are still relatively expensive (albeit coming down in price all the time)

If you are happy to pay the price of them, then I'd say go for it.

 

[Theo]

Yes, price is insane compared to the cents per Gb of regular magnetic drives; I am more interested in hearing about the user experience standpoint.

 

[Gerry]

I just purchased a netbook that has an SSD but I have not used it yet. Still in the box. It also has Windows XP loaded.

Question: you mentioned buying and using SSD's. Is this something that you can swap out in existing electronics? Replace a Hard Drive with an SSD?

 

[Theo]

You can replace an existing HD and copy the data over. From my understanding, SSD's that would contain the OS, e.g. Windows XP/Vista would have to have the SSD drivers installed first. Then you'd clone the HD over.

 

[Gerry]

Advantages - no moving parts, lighter weight.
Disadvantages - capacity, price.

Others for what you are thinking about doing?

 

[BidNo]

While seek is faster, sustained reads/thru-put were slower -- I think this is still the case. So also depends on how you'll use the drives.

 

[Gerry]

You can replace an existing HD and copy the data over. From my understanding, SSD's that would contain the OS, e.g. Windows XP/Vista would have to have the SSD drivers installed first. Then you'd clone the HD over.

Pretty avatar!

For what you are thinking about doing, what would be the minimum in capacity for your plans?