[aklug] Re: SSDs

Also.. I have a Momentus XT in my work lappy. It works very well. A
few peeps on the list have also installed them and I'm not 100% sure
if they are satisfied yet.. It's an incredible compromise between
solid flash and platter land that requires no extra drivers to
utilize. Just a big LRU cache in flash.

- Shane

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Shane Spencer <shane@bogomip.com> wrote:
> Regardless of all the do's and dont's and if's and but's (butt's) out
> there.. do it.. do it now.. let it change your life completely. You
> will become a new person inside and out.. your vision sharper..
> hearing better.. booting faster..
>
> Have fun using one to do a Debian install from local repositories.
> It's nice not having to seek nearly as often... Now have nowhere near
> as much fun doing it in platters.
>
> I've had to replace an SSD once. They sent me a replacement free. I
> backed up my data. I won.
>
> - Shane
>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Christopher Howard
> <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> wrote:
>> Anybody on this list using SSDs instead of traditional hard drives? How
>> has your experiences been with them? Reliability? Lifetime? Did it
>> justify the higher price?
>>
>> I'm considering making the switch... have had a rather frustrating
>> experience with my hard drives in the reliability area. Seems like I'm
>> rolling a dice every time I buy one. Never know if one is going to last
>> two years before having issues, or two months.
>>
>> --
>> frigidcode.com
>> indicium.us
>>
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