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    Hybrid SSD?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by dennycrane, Dec 1, 2011.

  1. dennycrane

    dennycrane Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm thinking of replacing my old laptop. The one I'm considering has an 500 GB hybrid SSD, probably the Seagate Momentum. I've read some reviews, most of the good, but I'm most 'worried' about the supposed noise and vibrations. Also there have been some reports of some hanging for few seconds.

    Anyway, are there anyone here that have any experience with Hybrids in Toshiba laptops?
     
    dennycrane, Dec 1, 2011
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    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hi Denny,

    For laptops, the harddrive is pretty universal and performance should be identical in all laptops, regardless of laptop manufacturer. But, from what I've heard and seen, the Momentus is a pretty awesome harddrive; my mother's SONY-S has the 500GB version and it boots very fast!

    Might be better to check out threads that are specific to the Momentus Harddrive and ask there for any opinions and feedback.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/hardware-components-aftermarket-upgrades/484698-seagate-momentus-xt-hybrid-hdd-w-built-4gb-ssd.html
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/hardware-components-aftermarket-upgrades/608792-new-seagate-momentus-xt-750gb-w-8gb-nand-more.html

    Good luck
     
    alexUW, Dec 1, 2011
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    1994F7PT Notebook Evangelist

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    i ran one in a works laptop year or so back, seagate momentus XT 250gb. to be fair i couldnt tell the difference between it and a standard 7200rpm drive.

    but it was on windows 7 which is like a 20gb install on 64bit o/s and the SSD buffer on the momentus is only 4gb so it still has to drag half the o/s off the spinner.
     
    1994F7PT, Dec 1, 2011
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