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    Upgrade to SDD HD?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by taCtiCs, Mar 20, 2007.

  1. taCtiCs

    taCtiCs Notebook Consultant

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    I was just wondering if its possible to upgrade a notebook harddrive to an SDD hard drive? Is there a certain connection type thats needed?
     
    taCtiCs, Mar 20, 2007
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    It's not possible due to them not being out quite yet to consumers, but I assume that the connections will be the same as today's (SATA and maybe even PATA).

    We have heard about SSD drives, but so far I haven't seen anything about a new connection type (SATA, IDE etc) so that's why I'm assuming it's just gonna be an already existing one.
     
    adinu, Mar 20, 2007
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  3. KrispyKreme50

    KrispyKreme50 Notebook Evangelist

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    Both Windows Vista and XP should recognize them as a regular SATA/IDE hard drive without any drivers.
     
    KrispyKreme50, Mar 20, 2007
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  4. CalebSchmerge

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    Once they are available, they should work. The SanDisk announcement last week was promising for the use, and also the price (about $400 for 32 GB right now). Soon, these will be really feasible.
     
    CalebSchmerge, Mar 20, 2007
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  5. fxrron

    fxrron Notebook Geek

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    To support SDD HDD's you MUST have the new Santa Rosa platform with the new chipset. Current laptops will not support SDD.
     
    fxrron, Mar 21, 2007
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    Where are you getting this information from? SDD hard drives do NOT depend on Santa Rosa at ALL.
     
    dagamer34, Mar 21, 2007
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  7. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Uhhh, please stop smoking whatever ur on right now and refrain from passing around completely false information.
     
    adinu, Mar 21, 2007
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  8. Redline

    Redline Notebook Prophet NBR Reviewer

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    They will work, but the price and the limited capacity makes it almost useless at this time. Don't try it with Vista, the OS itself will take up like 15GB...
     
    Redline, Mar 21, 2007
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    The value with Solid state drives is not about REPLACING normal HDD at this point. Obviously there is not enough marginal value in a 160GB solid state drive, that anyone can justify spendng what it would cost for a 160GB SDD to repalce a standard 160GB hard drive.

    However, there is a huge amount of value in putting your OS on say a 4-8GB flash memory, making your boot-up and OS operations very fast, maybe another 4-8GB flash drive for your programs eg like Photoshop etc. Then the bulk of your storage, the data ie music, videos etc can just stay on a normal HDD

    And BTW, Vista Business installed out of the factory on my new laptop comes to a total of 7GB - and that includes the utilities that the manufacturer added in.
     
    skagen, Mar 21, 2007
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  10. dagamer34

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    Of course, for a laptop that has dual hard drives (like my new dv9000t that I am patiently waiting for), a 32GB SDD is just perfect! Still need for the price to come down a bit though (like a few hundred!)
     
    dagamer34, Mar 21, 2007
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  11. wave

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    You dont even have to have dual hard drives internaly. I think SSD are ideal for small notebooks. It would speed them up and you can outsource the bulk of the data to external USB, firewire, eSATA 'normal' harddisks which you only need when you are home or in the office, maybe even with a docking station. The SSD would give extra speed and battery live.
     
    wave, Mar 22, 2007
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  12. taCtiCs

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    Ya I'm thinking it would be best to have an SSD drive and then an external to use when I'm at home and can plug in. I'm really liking the extra battery life they provide, especially since laptop battery lives are less than spectacular a lot of times. Does anyone know approxamately how much extra time we could pull with an SSD drive?
     
    taCtiCs, Mar 22, 2007
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    You guys are right. Kick me in the butt. I was thinking of the Hybrid HDD's that require the Santa Rose platform. :eek:
     
    fxrron, Mar 23, 2007
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