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    G1 and SSD drive

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by spitfire, Apr 24, 2007.

  1. spitfire

    spitfire Notebook Consultant

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    After reading all the new about the SSD drives, got curious : would it be possible to change G1's regular hdd to 2.5 SSD drive (of course when they get little cheaper and bigger).

    thanks
     
    spitfire, Apr 24, 2007
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  2. MelchiorZ

    MelchiorZ Notebook Consultant

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    Yes.

    no more text
     
    MelchiorZ, Apr 24, 2007
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  3. AlexF

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    The only thing that really matters is the interface. If it says it's 2.5 EIDE, it'll fit an EIDE laptop. If it says it's a 2.5 SATA, it'll fit an SATA laptop.

    But you take your chances with solid state. Flash memory isn't designed for the type of punishment these ReadyBoost-crazed people at Microsoft are planning. These things are generally rated in the tens of thousands of writes and you can count on it to crash hard and make it known when it dies.

    If you know anyone who has bought those el-cheapo USB flash keys that died after the first year, that should be a hint.
     
    AlexF, Apr 24, 2007
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    I have to wonder then....Why even bother to go down the path? I thought flash memory in general had a life of several hundred thousand to a million cycles. With the controllers built into the SSD to pattern the cycling evenly on the memory, how big of an issue is this for a casual user? I could see this being an issue for a laptop that has the same drive for 10 years, but for a 2-3 year life span...

    Maybe, what WOULD be interesting is if Microsoft/apple/linux, whomever, developed an option in the operating systems that would allow you to specify the drive as a SSD. The operating system could change its tactics and with a requirement (say 2gb) minimum to use this option, would reduce/move the page file into ram?

    I'm just talking and speculating here. Anyone have any thoughts?
     
    havand, Apr 25, 2007
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  5. Insane

    Insane Notebook Evangelist

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    MS have stated that ready boost will only kill a 1GB drive in about 10 years of use.

    insane
     
    Insane, Apr 25, 2007
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  6. CalebSchmerge

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    SSD drives are ready for massive use. They will last for a while. I wouldn't worry about them. Certainly they will die, but you will have bought a new one by then anyway.
     
    CalebSchmerge, Apr 25, 2007
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    new SSD technology allows for long use and lots of advantages...ther will be a time, maybe a few years when you'll want to switch and you shold be able to. The G1 has IDE + device management technology. Soon they'll be more ssd's out.
     
    m477hew, Apr 25, 2007
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    I definately will be getting one for its longer battery life, and quicker resume. in the mean time there are available converters to allow you to install flash cards (CF) as internal hard drives, rather than forking out for these expensive drives. I personally only need one big enough to install windows to, and maybe a game :)
     
    dmak, Apr 25, 2007
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