ryanblock.com — Ryan Block, editor of Engadget transplants a 64 GB SSD into his MacBook Pro. "Yeah, I just couldn?t resist transplanting the Samsung 64GB solid state drive from my PC to my Mac after I finished most of my tests (which are now up over at Engadget). This is really how everyone?s laptop experience should be.."
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catylistNov 11, 2007
i thought that was the point of hybrid drives
oneoverzeroNov 11, 2007
They exist now. 128gb for 4000 dollars last i checked
jellygraphNov 12, 2007
at that price, its not worth it... it'd rather wait a few seconds extra. sorry to be the sober one
tenoqNov 12, 2007
And how long does it spending loading the desktop after it has supposedly 'finished booting?' That's what always s**ts me about any Windows machine - you get to the desktop but you still can't do anything because it spends the next minute (or 5, if you run Norton) loading all your other crap like AV, oversized HP printer software, iPod services, digital camera fluff, firewalls, AS, driver tools, etc, etc. And if you DO try to use the thing Explorer kindly closes the Start menu for you everytime a new program finishes loading... after the 5th time it's closed as you get to 'All programs' you give up and go get a f**king coffee.God damn I needed a rant today. :p Show me the -digg now.
justaboutrealNov 12, 2007
luckily, when an SSD drive "dies," you can still read the data, even though you can't write to it anymore!
scheissenNov 12, 2007
um wasted battery life
elranzerNov 12, 2007
...which you can then immediately mirror to a new drive and be like the drive never died (though it will impact your wallet).
c0d3z3r0Nov 12, 2007
Since the battery life on a Macbook (non Pro) is good with an Hdd, Imagine w/ an Sdd.
m00nmasterNov 12, 2007
No password protection? Jackass.
theprezNov 13, 2007
I think we could look at future generation laptops having an SSD drive for the OS and a standard high capacity HDD for everything else.
viruzNov 13, 2007
Don't believe everything you read on wiki ... I'm tired of everyone thinking that wiki is the end all solution.BTW, I'm not disputing that Flash drives are prone to data loss.