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    dreaming: just bought t61p, now ssd upgrade

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sullivan18, Aug 23, 2007.

  1. sullivan18

    sullivan18 Notebook Guru

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    Could someone link me to the cheapest SATA 8GB Solid State Drive? Would all of vista fit on this drive?

    I am hoping I can upgrade to a ssd drive and fit the operating system on it and then run most my programs of an esata external. Any comments welcome.
     
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    Paranoia Notebook Consultant

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    As far as I know, Vista takes up something like 12GB upon initial installation, so I don't think you'll get very far with that.

    Personally, if I were going to go solid state on a laptop, I'd go with something like Kubuntu. Last time I checked, it only took up 1-2GB, which would leave me enough room to install necessary programs as well. I would then just carry around my data (documents and music) on an eSATA drive, as you were planning to do. I'd really rather run whatever programs I can from the SSD, that way the laptop is fully functional without having to drag around an external drive all the time (just when I need it).

    I don't have the energy to look for the cheapest drives right now, but here's Newegg's complete list of solid state drives that they carry.
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000070000+1053122577&Tpk=ssd
     
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    wearetheborg Notebook Virtuoso

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    Wait till next year, prices are going to fall dramatically.
    You can wait :D You just got a new T61P, enjoy it for a year, then buy a SSD next year, that way you'll spread out "new gadget acquisiion fun"
    :D
     
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    grateful Notebook Evangelist

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    yea within the 1-2 years SSD's will drop as higher volumes are made....vista definately wants a solid 15gb to work and expand, I wouldnt recommend spending $400 on a drive even though it would improve things quite a bit.....data recovery is a tad harder to work with on SSD's as well
     
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    sullivan18 Notebook Guru

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    Awesome, thanks for the advice guys. I think I will wait a year or so then and see what comes out in the future for cheaper.
     
    sullivan18, Aug 23, 2007
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    sullivan18 Notebook Guru

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    DO you think a 7200 rpm drive is a needed upgrade for games and mobility? I don't want the thing to eat up battery life though so I am kinda sitting on the idea. I know it decreases boot speed by alot, which is why I am sort of interested, although how much faster can it really be when the system has 3gb of ram..?
     
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    buy a 32gb ssd, problem solved.
     
    einhander, Aug 23, 2007
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    sullivan18 Notebook Guru

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    If you can provide me with half the cash I'm in ;)
     
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    I dont think a 7200 drive is a LOT faster. I say keep your drive and start saving for that SSD for next year !!!!
     
    wearetheborg, Aug 23, 2007
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