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    Anyone put SSD in SZ6 series yet?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by anixon, Aug 26, 2007.

  1. anixon

    anixon Notebook Guru

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    Has anyone tried swapping in a SSD drive into one of the SZ6XX series laptops? I just bought a SZ680N03 and am thinking of doing it. Was it hard? Which drive did you use?
     
    anixon, Aug 26, 2007
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  2. Les

    Les Not associated with NotebookReview in any way

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    I know its not a sony and may not be the same SSD but I have a review below if interested.
     
    Les, Aug 26, 2007
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    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    You should wait till next year to do it. Are you willing to pay $500+ for 32GB of space (minus Vista), when next year you might be able to get at least 64GB cheaper?
     
    Jayayess1190, Aug 26, 2007
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    I would think that some of the 16gb xpress card SSDs would work. Prices seem to start around $125. Might be worth playing with.
     
    MonsterMaxx, Aug 26, 2007
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    anixon Notebook Guru

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    Hmm. This sounds like a good alternative to tide me over until next year as Jaya suggested. I'll start researching this. I wonder what the limitations of using an xpress card SSDs are. It would be pretty cool if I could put the OS on the xpress card and then use the internal hard disk for storage and programs. It would also be awesome for multiOS as you could have a Vista card and an XP card.
     
    anixon, Aug 26, 2007
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    roor Notebook Deity

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    what are the read/write times with the express card ssd's? does anyone know?
     
    roor, Aug 26, 2007
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    especially with the reported shortage on flash memory, 64GB will not be cheaper than the current 32GB by next year.
     
    Outrigger, Aug 26, 2007
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