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    Seagate hybrid drive??

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by cipher77, Aug 2, 2010.

  1. cipher77

    cipher77 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Seagate has a new "hybrid" hard drive out that is a cross between a mechanical platter system & a solid state drive. You can see it HERE. it is supposed to have good numbers as far as boot & seek time. does anyone know if there would be any issues installing one in my CD-30c MK1 w/ Win7?

    any info would be great!!
     
    cipher77, Aug 2, 2010
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  2. Toughbook

    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

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    I would say, for that price, you need to buy one and publish a good thread on the comparison.

    <hint, hint>
     
    Toughbook, Aug 2, 2010
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    tough-2-go Notebook Deity

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    It almost sounds to good to be true, the only drawback is that it is SATA so if you need ATA you will need one of those SATA to IDE adapters.
     
    tough-2-go, Aug 2, 2010
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    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    I like the 4GB of SLC cache; would rather 8GB or ideally 16GB so there would be room for the entire swapfile in the SLC cache, even in Win7. But 8GB would at least hold the Win7 kernel, so boot times should CRANK...

    I'm certain such models are just around the corner, especially if they're clearing these out at this price. Or, they've gotten poor response and are dropping the product line altogether... LOL

    mnem
    CynicaLizard...
     
    mnementh, Aug 3, 2010
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    gmgfarrand Notebook Evangelist

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    saw those, almost got one, but decided to pick up a 1TB 2.5" instead...
     
    gmgfarrand, Aug 3, 2010
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    rusty503 Notebook Evangelist

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    I believe all CF-30s are SATA already.
     
    rusty503, Aug 3, 2010
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    tough-2-go Notebook Deity

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    Yes you are correct and I did not initially see the model he has but I was addressing the forum in general which most people have CF-29's so if they are considering this drive on a 29 then the adapter would be required. I personally would not trust those adapters as it is putting a really weak link between your system and your critical data.
     
    tough-2-go, Aug 3, 2010
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  8. blargh.blargh.blargh

    blargh.blargh.blargh Notebook Consultant

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    I installed one of these in a non-Toughbook system recently.

    The SSD chips are only used to cache frequently accessed blocks. So the OS and apps load faster, but there's no read-ahead so random I/O performance isn't so hot.
     
    blargh.blargh.blargh, Aug 3, 2010
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