Z series with SSDs installed

Hi,

Z series with SSD:

I am wondering those who purchased the Z series with ssd installed, is it alot of faster?

The Sony Vaios sold in my country do not come with the option of SSD installed. I am wondering if its worth purchasing from Sony Style.com, for the models with SSDs installed.

Is it worth it? As in huge speed difference?

Thanks in advance!

 

My personal view is that although SSDs are faster, they're not 'faster enough' to justify the extra cost. Obviously it's a personal judgement. I know there are users here who have used SSDs for the past couple of years and now they're hooked and won't ever go back to regular HDDs... but for me capacity is still pretty important so SSDs aren't quite there yet.
When we start to see >250GB SSDs without stuttering problems for a few hundred dollars, I will be very tempted.

As for the question of 'is it faster?'... it depends what you're comparing. SSDs are much faster than conventional disks for random access times and some synthetic benchmarks, but not always much faster for real life scenarios like bootup times. Obviously you'll see a dramatic difference between a 4200rpm HDD and an SSD, but less of a difference between a good 7200rpm HDD and an SSD.

It depends what you'll use it for, and whether you need lots of storage...

 

I completely agree with you....I wasn't going to go SSD, but when I installed a 7200 seagate 320 the vibrations we terrible. I am also on the road with my laptop everyday (IT support) so having a hard drive that can handle vibration itself is a bonus. The cost is quite high (I paid $375). I am not to concerned about the storage. I already have all my graphics apps, office, vista, and a few other things and there is still 70gb left. I have a home server that I can access anytime I am online and lots of thumb drives for extra storage. For me I think SSD is a good solution but definitely not for everybody, especially if your Z never leaves your house.