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This is relevant - "Why solid-state disks are winning the argument".
In article , Tzortzakakis Dimitris
wrote: SSDs are faster. They have way lower latency. They consume less power. They take up less space. Yep!But they still are more expensive than conventional hard drives. you are paying for speed and reliability. if that isn't important, then get a hard drive, where capacity is a priority. I do?I have both, as I am writing after that (both a hard drive and an SSD) most people have both. I have an intel 520 series 120 GB that cost 62 euros, as a system disk, I also have autocad on it, and my only 2 games *wolfenstein new order and call of duty black ops. It goes without saying that as a data disk I have a seagate barracuda 1TB for my photos, mp3s, videos and other programms that there's no room on the SSD for them. I'm very pleased with my SSD, the PC boots in less than 20 seconds. It is an AMD FX4130 8 GB gigabyte 990XA-UD3 gigabyte nvidia gtx 650 PC. 20 sec to boot is rather slow, but more importantly, who cares how long it takes to boot. booting is rarely done. sleep the computer when not in use and it wakes instantly, exactly where you left off. Yep! I usually turn it off when I'm not using it. what for? sleep it. there is no need to turn off a computer anymore unless you have to physically unplug it to move it to another room or open it up for some perverse reason. I just couldn't afford even a 128 GB SSD (to the 120 GB I finally got) but it's enough, for now. The barracuda ?TB cost as much as the 120 GB SSD, also 62 euros-but the speed difference is tremendouseven with an AMD CPU. how long ago was that? i bought a 256 gig ssd for about $110 or so about a month ago, which is about $88 euro. |
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This is relevant - "Why solid-state disks are winning the argument".
On 11/19/2014 1:11 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Tzortzakakis Dimitris wrote: SSDs are faster. They have way lower latency. They consume less power. They take up less space. Yep!But they still are more expensive than conventional hard drives. you are paying for speed and reliability. if that isn't important, then get a hard drive, where capacity is a priority. I do?I have both, as I am writing after that (both a hard drive and an SSD) most people have both. I have an intel 520 series 120 GB that cost 62 euros, as a system disk, I also have autocad on it, and my only 2 games *wolfenstein new order and call of duty black ops. It goes without saying that as a data disk I have a seagate barracuda 1TB for my photos, mp3s, videos and other programms that there's no room on the SSD for them. I'm very pleased with my SSD, the PC boots in less than 20 seconds. It is an AMD FX4130 8 GB gigabyte 990XA-UD3 gigabyte nvidia gtx 650 PC. 20 sec to boot is rather slow, but more importantly, who cares how long it takes to boot. booting is rarely done. sleep the computer when not in use and it wakes instantly, exactly where you left off. Yep! I usually turn it off when I'm not using it. what for? sleep it. there is no need to turn off a computer anymore unless you have to physically unplug it to move it to another room or open it up for some perverse reason. I just couldn't afford even a 128 GB SSD (to the 120 GB I finally got) but it's enough, for now. The barracuda ?TB cost as much as the 120 GB SSD, also 62 euros-but the speed difference is tremendouseven with an AMD CPU. how long ago was that? i bought a 256 gig ssd for about $110 or so about a month ago, which is about $88 euro. That's a strange way of writing a price; it seems to imply that the Euro is the European dollar. You can get the Euro symbol (€) by using ALT-0128 or, if you don't want to do that, use the recognized trilateral, EUR. I'll just list a few mo British Pound GBP US Dollar USD Canadian dollar CND Australian dollar AUD Russian Rouble RUB If you want others, look on http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/ -- Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD) Extraneous "not." in Reply To. |
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This is relevant - "Why solid-state disks are winning the argument".
In article , James Silverton
wrote: I just couldn't afford even a 128 GB SSD (to the 120 GB I finally got) but it's enough, for now. The barracuda ?TB cost as much as the 120 GB SSD, also 62 euros-but the speed difference is tremendouseven with an AMD CPU. how long ago was that? i bought a 256 gig ssd for about $110 or so about a month ago, which is about $88 euro. That's a strange way of writing a price; it seems to imply that the Euro is the European dollar. it's a typo. i'm used to typing $. |
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This is relevant - "Why solid-state disks are winning the argument".
On 2014-11-19 20:33:28 +0000, James Silverton
said: On 11/19/2014 1:11 PM, nospam wrote: In article , Tzortzakakis Dimitris wrote: SSDs are faster. They have way lower latency. They consume less power. They take up less space. Yep!But they still are more expensive than conventional hard drives. you are paying for speed and reliability. if that isn't important, then get a hard drive, where capacity is a priority. I do?I have both, as I am writing after that (both a hard drive and an SSD) most people have both. I have an intel 520 series 120 GB that cost 62 euros, as a system disk, I also have autocad on it, and my only 2 games *wolfenstein new order and call of duty black ops. It goes without saying that as a data disk I have a seagate barracuda 1TB for my photos, mp3s, videos and other programms that there's no room on the SSD for them. I'm very pleased with my SSD, the PC boots in less than 20 seconds. It is an AMD FX4130 8 GB gigabyte 990XA-UD3 gigabyte nvidia gtx 650 PC. 20 sec to boot is rather slow, but more importantly, who cares how long it takes to boot. booting is rarely done. sleep the computer when not in use and it wakes instantly, exactly where you left off. Yep! I usually turn it off when I'm not using it. what for? sleep it. there is no need to turn off a computer anymore unless you have to physically unplug it to move it to another room or open it up for some perverse reason. I just couldn't afford even a 128 GB SSD (to the 120 GB I finally got) but it's enough, for now. The barracuda ?TB cost as much as the 120 GB SSD, also 62 euros-but the speed difference is tremendouseven with an AMD CPU. how long ago was that? i bought a 256 gig ssd for about $110 or so about a month ago, which is about $88 euro. That's a strange way of writing a price; it seems to imply that the Euro is the European dollar. You can get the Euro symbol (€) by using ALT-0128 or, if you don't want to do that, use the recognized trilateral, EUR. I'll just list a few mo British Pound GBP US Dollar USD Canadian dollar CND Australian dollar AUD Russian Rouble RUB If you want others, look on http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/ With a mac it is simple enough to get to; $, £, €, â‚*, Â¥, ₱, ₽, â‚«, etc. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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This is relevant - "Why solid-state disks are winning the argument".
In article 2014111913042968744-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom,
Savageduck wrote: That's a strange way of writing a price; it seems to imply that the Euro is the European dollar. You can get the Euro symbol (¤) by using ALT-0128 or, if you don't want to do that, use the recognized trilateral, EUR. I'll just list a few mo British Pound GBP US Dollar USD Canadian dollar CND Australian dollar AUD Russian Rouble RUB If you want others, look on http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/ With a mac it is simple enough to get to; $, £, ¤, ?, ¥, ?, ?, ?, etc. yep, and with just one keystroke and none of that alt-# nonsense. |
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This is relevant - "Why solid-state disks are winning the argument".
On 2014-11-19 15:30:19 +0000, nospam said:
In article , Oregonian Haruspex wrote: I see no benefit to those new-fangled "hybrid" drives (really just a HD with a bigger, smarter cache) because the rust will still be spinning all the time. hybrid drives are actually not that great and only slightly better than a normal hd. it's basically a big cache for recently used files, which may not be the ones that matter. Yeah I know. Caching is a gamble anyway but especially when the OS and the drive aren't talking to each other about it. apple's fusion drive is a much better solution It's the same exact thing as any other hybrid SSD but with more marketing power behind it. there's a huge, huge difference between an ssd and either of the above. Yeah I know. That's what I said. |
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This is relevant - "Why solid-state disks are winning the argument".
In article , Oregonian Haruspex
wrote: I see no benefit to those new-fangled "hybrid" drives (really just a HD with a bigger, smarter cache) because the rust will still be spinning all the time. hybrid drives are actually not that great and only slightly better than a normal hd. it's basically a big cache for recently used files, which may not be the ones that matter. Yeah I know. Caching is a gamble anyway but especially when the OS and the drive aren't talking to each other about it. they don't need to. the drive cache holds recently accessed blocks with the assumption they might be needed again. apple's fusion drive is a much better solution It's the same exact thing as any other hybrid SSD but with more marketing power behind it. it's not the same thing at all. fusion moves files between ssd and hd based on usage patterns. apps and documents that are used frequently will end up on ssd and what is rarely used will be on hd, completely automatically. |
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This is relevant - "Why solid-state disks are winning the argument".
On 2014-11-19 21:08:35 +0000, nospam said:
In article 2014111913042968744-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, Savageduck wrote: That's a strange way of writing a price; it seems to imply that the Euro is the European dollar. You can get the Euro symbol (¤) by using ALT-0128 or, if you don't want to do that, use the recognized trilateral, EUR. I'll just list a few mo British Pound GBP US Dollar USD Canadian dollar CND Australian dollar AUD Russian Rouble RUB If you want others, look on http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/ With a mac it is simple enough to get to; $, £, ¤, ?, ¥, ?, ?, ?, etc. yep, and with just one keystroke and none of that alt-# nonsense. Apparently Throth doesn't handle Unicode too well. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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This is relevant - "Why solid-state disks are winning the argument".
In article 2014111914394480979-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom,
Savageduck wrote: With a mac it is simple enough to get to; $, £, ?, ?, ¥, ?, ?, ?, etc. yep, and with just one keystroke and none of that alt-# nonsense. Apparently Throth doesn't handle Unicode too well. i see the correct characters in two different newsreaders. |
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This is relevant - "Why solid-state disks are winning the argument".
On 2014-11-19 22:42:37 +0000, nospam said:
In article 2014111914394480979-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom, Savageduck wrote: With a mac it is simple enough to get to; $, £, ?, ?, ¥, ?, ?, ?, etc. yep, and with just one keystroke and none of that alt-# nonsense. Apparently Throth doesn't handle Unicode too well. i see the correct characters in two different newsreaders. ....but when you replied the Euro €, Ruble ₽, Peso ₱, Dong ₫, and some of the others were replaced with "?". -- Regards, Savageduck |
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