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    Sony VAIO owners that have SSDs, what do you say?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by b|lly, May 17, 2009.

  1. b|lly

    b|lly Notebook Deity

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  2. Brawn

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    i think the people with SSDs haven't had them long enough to notice a reduction in speed as SSDs are still quite new and people have just started to get them since their capacities have increased and price has come down
     
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  3. Phil

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  4. jlingo

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    Yes, it does become slower overtime. I have been using SSD for almost a year now, and had a chance upgrading laptop from Thinkpad T60 to Sony Z. Sony Z came with 250GB mechanical harddrive. After a week of usage, I couldn't stand the speed of mechanical harddrive, therefore I had to move my SSD from my T60 to Sony Vaio Z.

    Yes, your SSD may become slower with time especially as you fill out the storage to nearing full capacity. However, SSD is still MUCH MORE Responsive regardless and faster on real day to day activity in my opinion.

    You can also improve your degraded SSD speed by using Diskeeper Hyperfast. On a brand new SSD, I didn't feel the benefit of Hyperfast as much.
     
    jlingo, May 17, 2009
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  5. OpenFace

    OpenFace Notebook Consultant

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    Is the degradation something that would end up making the SSD perform slower than a mechanical drive after several years, or are they in line with each other?
     
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    I don't think over several years SSD would ever perform slower than mechanical drive. Especially with TRIM support with Windows 7, and better firmware being released. Hyperfast was already able to recover pretty much 90% of my Corsair S128 performance.
    Please when you have a chance read:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/show...08242&page=582
    There are tonnes of information regarding to SSD.
    I can never go back to mechanical hard drive with my Sony Z.
     
    jlingo, May 17, 2009
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  7. sniper_sung

    sniper_sung Notebook Evangelist

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    Mine is totally fine. Maybe SLC SSD doesn't have such serious problems? :)
     

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  8. zephir

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    Your 64GB Intel SSD is very new, so of course you won't see degradation ;)
    Use it for a year or so and then come back to us. :D
     
    zephir, May 17, 2009
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  9. FenderP

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    On my Vaio Z (RAID 0), and both Vaio Gs (G1 and G2 - 32 and 64GB SSD respectively and "old" computers at this point), I've noticed no slowdown and I've used them all quite a lot (quite long stretches of being on 24/7 and using a lot of VMWare).
     
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    Until W7 TRIM becomes available you can always do a full disc image, flash, and reimage. That should restore your drive to a 'fresh' performance. I'm guessing TRIM will be implemented before this becomes an issue for most people. At least, I hope so.

    Anyone that is fearless enough to crack open their vaio to put in a SSD shouldn't think too much about flashing the drive. .. .
     
    accidentalsuccess, May 21, 2009
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