Thread: Solid State Hard Drives

After reading some reviews this is an older v1 SSD, and has some flaws. Most reviews say wait for the v2 prices to come down. Sorry for the false alarm.

Originally Posted by TehSpaz

I have an ASUS EEE PC with a 4G SSD drive...

I know it's freakishly small...but the laptop has a 7" screen and is SOLELY for going to school, takin notes, checking email/ttp online...

I really want one of those specifically fo school... My big 'ol 15.4" I use for design and gaming is way to bulky and makes me tired when coupled with a pile of science texts.


On topic.. I am so eager for SSD to become mainstream. They need to sell off the warehouses full of magnetic HDDs before that price drops enough though...

Originally Posted by TehSpaz

I have an ASUS EEE PC with a 4G SSD drive...

I know it's freakishly small...but the laptop has a 7" screen and is SOLELY for going to school, takin notes, checking email/ttp online, and jacking off in bed...

I LOOVE having the SSD mainly for it's shock protection...

9 times out of ten, when you drop a laptop and it does, it's the HDD that fails, the read needle/laser/whatever punctures a disc....i know that won't happen on my laptop. EVERYTHING inside of it is solid and bolted/plugged together. no loose or free-floating bits or pieces :-P

While that is a major issue new laptops have accelerometers to detect falls. They will retract the heads before impact to avoid hitting the platters. I realize that they are not in the compact laptops yet.

Off topic, but how is your EEE? I was interested in them for an extra system.

How are the long term tests on SSD's? At work the biggest issue a few years ago was write cycles. We chose not to use them in because of the fear of data loss.

I cant wait for these things to come down in price! I am getting tired of listening to the whine of my 250gb HD. My dad at work has boxes with like 4 of the high quality SSD put together, like 1k for each one!