T400 - Ssd ?

So I decided to save my money and wait until the Intel Ivy is released.. I bought a T400 refurbished. I previously owned XPS 15 but I have returned it and I have curcial m4 128G SSD .. I know that T400 doesn't support SATA3 but would it support at least SATA 2?

Is it a waste of time to use the SSD on the T400? I hope not

 

Not a waste of time. My T400 is still very much holding its own still in regards to general windows 7 performance. T400 is SATA II compliant and a SSD will definitely help if you have it.

 

Thank you, I have noticed that you have WXGA+.. mine comes with the regular WXGA which is 1280 x 800 resolution.. did you ever use the 1280 x 800 ? I am worried that it would suck lol

 

Yes T400 supports SATA 2.

It all depends on what you do with your laptop. Just office work, you would be fine with a normal hard drive. Constantly doing I/O, copying large files okay SSD will make a difference, but you will also have to live with smaller space, and certain SSDs lose performance as they are filled up.

 

Just a few clarifications of the above:

You will certainly not *need* an SSD for basic office tasks, but if you do get one you absolutely will notice the benefits. Applications will open faster, multi-tasking will be a smoother experience, your OS will boot faster, etc.

This is also correct. That said, even the worst case scenario for such SSDs still puts them orders of magnitude ahead of conventional drives. So it's not like you'll lose all of the benefit of SSDs if you have one that's not new -- not even close. Plus you get the improved battery life, decreased noise, and improved durability that a solid state disk offers. The last one is the reason that I use SSDs in all my laptops: I never have to worry about a drop or a sudden jolt damaging my data.

 

Thanks! yea I only need it for OS boot.. I wish it does support SATA III but I don't mind using my unused new SSD.. I only used it for 3 weeks then I returned my xps..

Do u guys know what is the best way to clone the OS from the regular hard disk and transfer it to the SSD.. I have windows ultimate on that laptop so I think I can use the windows tool to create a copy right? do u guys suggest any other way?

 

You can use Acronis or any other basic imaging program and resize your partitions.

Honestly, you aren't going to notice that SATA 2 ceiling, unless you are doing huge file transfers.

 

I won't notice it even when it comes to booting times? my xps used to boot in less than 20 seconds from cold boot but that was with SATA 3..