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    14 second cold boot time?

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by Kardan, Nov 6, 2011.

  1. Kardan

    Kardan Notebook Evangelist

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    Not bad. Not bad at all. Maybe one of those is in order when i upgrade my computer...

    Useless in a toughbook though. I dont think even the cf-31 supports sata 3. Might be wrong though. Any thoughts on this, Rob?
     
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    Mmhmmm... Read the hairy details; the 64GB yields just over 29 Gb due to overprovisioning and controller overhead. So to get an actual 50-something GB capacity, you need to buy the 128GB model.


    mnem
    Yuckyputz.
     
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    A real man only needs 29GB. :p
     
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    ares93 Notebook Evangelist

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    29GB? Remember the good old times when a 4gb hard drive was considered "EPIC"?
     
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    The 4gb in my 17 is not full yet.
     
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    My point is not the actual space; but rather the advertised capacity. HDD manufacturers have always fudged by taking advantage of the bytes/bits conversion differential and file structure overhead; here we have approximately a 40% yield vs advertised capacity. USED AS INTENDED, you cannot get anywhere CLOSE to even HALF the actual capacity of the collected chips on the board; they should be forced to advertise the "Net Capacity" as well rather than ONLY the "Unadjusted Gross Capacity".

    In fact, I'm not sure there is any way you CAN gain access to USE the full capacity of the memory onboard even if you were willing to risk data corruption; on modern storage devices, the actual allocation of sectors (whether physical on a disc or logical in a non-volatile memory array) is handled entirely by the device's firmware, even when formatting.

    If that is the case here, it means you simply have to spend for twice as much capacity as you really want no matter what, and they should ONLY be allowed to advertise the capacity that the user ACTUALLY HAS ACCESS TO.

    As for the 29GB capacity being enough... dude, I have more than that just in ASCII Pr0n. :eek:

    mnem
    "640K ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates

    PPS: I know this is heavily contested nowadays; and since it was only uttered IN PERSON at a trade show 30 years ago and NOT on the intardweb, it simply could NOT have happened. ;) BUT... I've heard enough testimony from people who actually attended the trade show in question that I believe it is more than likely revisionist history at work.
     
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    My thoughts on this drive is it is a great drive if used as intended for a first drive,holding the O/S

    For Toughbook use ,or in basic laptop use that don't have a second hard drive to hold applications and storage its not a good choice
     
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    <snide remark impugning Alex's manhood deleted> :D
     
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    Miniscribe 3650! I remember those, and monster Hitachi DK815 multiple 9" platter drives that came in a full-height rack-mounted Sun 3/280 server system I acquired way back when I started my SRK business. Those drives sounded like Boeing jet engines when spinning up, but the build quality was something out of this world for all the mechanics and electronics involved.

    I'm still reluctant to shift to SSD's in my TB's but keep watching what's going on with them.

    Craig.
     
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    Somewhere in here is a joke about Viagra and 8" floppies.
     
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