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    Dell's Mobility SSD

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Roxlo, Apr 24, 2009.

  1. Roxlo

    Roxlo Notebook Enthusiast

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    About how long will Dell's Mobility SSD (128gb) last before degrading? Does it need to be defragmented?
     
    Roxlo, Apr 24, 2009
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    Sephoroth Notebook Evangelist

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    I can't answer your first question (though I'd be interested in an answer for that as well) but you wouldn't want to defragment SSDs as it adds unnecessary wear and provides what is essentially no benefits, thus lowers the length of their life.
     
    Sephoroth, Apr 24, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Dell uses Samsung SSDs which are probably the most reliable of the mainstream SSDs. Don't worry about degradation, while every HDD and SSD has it, it shouldn't be a significant factor in yours.
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 24, 2009
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  4. Roxlo

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    Ah, thanks.
     
    Roxlo, Apr 24, 2009
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    Yeah, SSD's are flash memory and are quite different from hard drives. I won't get technical, but you never have to defrag a flash drive, that's only hard drives.
     
    the_flying_shoe, Apr 24, 2009
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  6. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    As for the lifespan, an SSD should long outlive comparable spinners in theory, but at the moment, no one's owned a true mainstream SSD for more than a year to a year and a half, so these claims really aren't particularly verifiable.
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 25, 2009
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    we have received several Dell Latitudes with Sandisk SSD's at work. so I'm not sure all Dell SSD's are samsungs.
     
    thenew3, Jun 12, 2009
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  8. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    When was this? Some older Dells did indeed come with Sandisk SSDs, but none to my knowledge are shipping with them at the moment. I would be interested in knowing if this wasn't the case, though...
     
    Commander Wolf, Jun 12, 2009
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    recently with some Latitude D630's
     
    thenew3, Jun 12, 2009
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