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- inactive, on 02/11/2008, -17/+58I got a Mac for my grandma and she called me a fag.
- Richandler, on 02/11/2008, -1/+40It maybe faster, but the SSD is still not worth its weight in gold.
- mesketch, on 02/11/2008, -7/+46the application launch is pretty impressive.
- tapeworm77, on 02/11/2008, -5/+29But she always does that doesn't she?
- freeport7, on 02/11/2008, -2/+17Wow .... only 4 MB of memory and it boots in 14 seconds? Please build a rig for me.
- inactive, on 02/11/2008, -1/+15ruined the joke by continuing to talk.
- FoxFaction, on 02/11/2008, -0/+13I look forward to the day we can look backward and laugh at platter-based storage methods.
- KentDiego, on 02/11/2008, -1/+14Wow, 18 seconds faster boot. A bit pricey for what you get there. I did not see any battery tests anywhere. battery life would be much more interesting.
- MnmlMn, on 02/11/2008, -4/+14The videos were great! I didn't need to look at any benchmarks after watching them!
- krische, on 02/11/2008, -0/+10I think that is just the siren telling you your computer is going really fast!
- intrepidDesign, on 02/11/2008, -0/+9yeah its fast, but not worth the money. im going to wait for generation 2 SSD's and their lower price.
- zhepp, on 02/11/2008, -4/+11actually it was showing how big of difference it made, I'm glad you watched the videos.
- ICanRead, on 02/11/2008, -2/+9I like Mac's for their software.
The hardware is nothing impressive.
Buy up those SSD's Mac fans and help bring the prices downa nd quality up.
I will meet you around Gen 2 or 3. I'll probably end up with one of those drives in my Centrino one day. - inactive, on 02/11/2008, -0/+7Redneck.
- likeyehokwhatev, on 02/11/2008, -0/+7yet...
- webkidd, on 02/11/2008, -2/+9The videos of the launch times make it worth the money alone. I often open 3 to 5 apps at the same time and I always want to kill my self when that cause the computer to choke.
- GvnMcCld, on 02/11/2008, -0/+6What does the number of comments have to do with anything?
- krische, on 02/11/2008, -0/+6So wait? It's a bad idea to compare two laptops, with the exact same config except the hard drives, to test the hard drive speed?
So wageslaven, what kind of circle-jerk "blind hate for macs" is this? - pyrates, on 02/11/2008, -2/+8It's jewelry. That's all it is.
- Jeezoflip, on 02/11/2008, -2/+8sorry but $1300 more for the solid state is not worth 18 seconds faster to me.
- dagamer34, on 02/11/2008, -1/+7However, the caching is even more impressive. Thing is, how often do you HAVE to boot a Mac? I can go days on end without needing to do so (and probably weeks if it weren't for updates).
- chingy1788, on 02/11/2008, -1/+6thats exactly what i was thinking
its lighter, but at 3, 4 pounds you wont notice much
its thinner
but it lacks an optical drive, has a internal battery, 1 usb, no firewire, ethernet etc
being thin, i reckon this is more of a technical achievement than something practical, much like the bugatti veyron, it goes fast but you cant really use it everyday with that 4MPG rating and you cant go 253mph on regular roads either - LoudMusic, on 02/11/2008, -3/+8That would be a really low end Mac Pro. And the cheapest they can purchased new is $2,300. And $2,000 for a gaming "PC" would build a pretty great gaming rig.
You are teh l0z3r. - fluxion, on 02/11/2008, -0/+5cant wait to stick an SSD in my thinkpad when the price come down
- FoxFaction, on 02/11/2008, -2/+7I got an SSD in my Dell M1330. Unfortunately, it has some issues with the piezoelectric effects in the processor capacitors that make a really high-pitched squeal, so I can't really enjoy the quietness. Moral of the story, don't buy an m1330. :)
- jw1223, on 02/11/2008, -1/+6Actually, they host on linux. But thanks for playing.
- krische, on 02/11/2008, -1/+6Considering that the Mac Pro comes with the Quad Core processor which is about 700 bucks, an equivalent PC isn't going to be much cheaper.
and grow up. calling someone 'teh l0z3r' just makes you look like an idiot. - eeevildictator, on 02/12/2008, -0/+4They are both ATA so I suppose.
- LoudMusic, on 02/11/2008, -0/+4That's exactly what I was thinking. Surely it's less power hungry. But I haven't heard anyone talk about that yet.
The speed boost is nice, but you could get that much of a boot time reduction if Apple would just streamline the boot process. Most people I know leave their computers on all the time anyway - as soon as they open the lid the computer "wakes up" and in less than 5 seconds they're using it. - Georgy, on 02/11/2008, -6/+10Well looks in the real world the ssd is faster, unlike wat those graphs showed us in previous tests
Im gonna wait till ssd becomes cheaper and grab one of these babies..... - node3, on 02/11/2008, -2/+6The Digg comments for that story don't reflect that. It was mostly people thinking SSD *wasn't* worth it. Now, we have incontrovertible evidence that SSD is better than HDD ($1,000 more? That's up to you, but it's definitely, noticeably, faster).
Don't worry though, this story will see a lot of posts supporting SSD getting dugg down. It's part of the standard Apple-story cycle. We're just now leaving the "it costs too much and doesn't have some feature X that I don't really need in practice, I just need it on the specs list" phase. - inactive, on 02/11/2008, -1/+5if you are married and/or have kids, please tell them that it's best if they find a new place to live before you go out on an angry rampage and ax murder them all. Thanks.
SSD FTW, great videos. I'd like to see this done with Vista. - pathy, on 02/11/2008, -3/+7M1330 > Air
- FredFredrickson, on 02/11/2008, -5/+8SSD can only write a limited number of times before it stops holding data reliably. It's also slow and expensive. This technology is useless for a computer in it's current state.
- hack4good, on 02/12/2008, -0/+3There are two pages to the review.
- dagamer34, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3Your current magnetic based hard drive is more likely to fail before an SSD does. Plus, you'll also notice the wear-leveling due to the decreased space you will have. Fully written blocks aren't used.
Besides, with the pace of flash prices dropping, you're more likely to upgrade it (or the computer itself) before having it break on you. - yohnkrb, on 02/12/2008, -0/+3Sorry, that hate was meant for jabberwolf..
- yohnkrb, on 02/12/2008, -0/+3I work IT and I use a Macbook Pro. And since it's my profession, I would say I'm a professional. My guess is you've never used a Mac for more than 10 mins in your life. You just don't like the people. But if you make comments like that in real life, I can see why. They probably don't like you either.
BTW; Boot Camp, Parallels, VMWare Fusion? Power users usually know about virtualization and dual booting. - krische, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3Granted I see no need for it either, its supposed to be the laptop for people "on-the-go." Being on the go usually means you don't plug much into it, so they scratched out alot of the ports common to laptops.
- vanza001, on 02/12/2008, -0/+3lol. Are you a fag?
- freeport7, on 02/11/2008, -2/+5I checked out the Air for the first time at an Apple store this weekend. Yes, it's thin and cool. But, it really didn't seem to be all that much lighter than a regular Macbook. What am I missing here, that someone would want to pay the extra cash for?
- PayneX, on 02/12/2008, -1/+4Seek help.
- krische, on 02/11/2008, -1/+4I like how that Dell XPS has the Core 2 Q6600 Quad-core, whereas the Mac has the Quad-core Xeon. A nice price difference of oh say, 500 dollars.
- altosaxon, on 02/12/2008, -1/+4I thought, maybe you were just in a bad mood when you decided to write this comment. The comparison is informative and answers a few questions many may have had about SSDs. However, upon further examination it appears that your mother didn't love you nearly enough when you were a child. Diggers, look at these comments and be amazed at how stupid and truly useless they are. I was surprised... http://digg.com/users/kermithefrogand/history/comm ...
- dagamer34, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3Probably the only reason the SSD option exists is to create demand to drop the price down. I expect the product to be killed when you can have SSD in a MacBook Pro for $400 more.
- inactive, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3LoudMusic is so stupid, cause he don't know there is quand core and quad core. How dumb of him, the l0z3rz!
- inactive, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3I don't get why you comment is getting buried..
- inactive, on 02/11/2008, -1/+4Anything Apple get's insulted like ***** you mean.
- dagamer34, on 02/11/2008, -0/+3I was pretty sure quad core chips have 6-8MB of cache.
- inactive, on 02/12/2008, -0/+2Bows. Sorry for dry tone, the hatefest just tears on me.
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