I've been pleased with the PNY brand of SSD's. Best Buy and other's sell them. The 120gig version is $25
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Eisinger Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 7:34 PM To: Bob Liesen Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Old DOS computers Terabyte SSD’s are less than $100….boot time shouldn’t be any more than a few minutes regardless Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 28, 2021, at 7:26 PM, Bob Liesen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, > I can think of one reason. My Windows 10 laptop takes a full 18 minutes > to boot up from a cold start. I've researched this "feature" and had it in > to 2 repair places and have been told that the only fix is a SSD for $$$. > My old XP machine and even older DOS based machines are up and running in > less than 30 seconds. Indeed they are ancient, and vulnerable to modern > threats, but with proper attention I have been able to avoid any issues. > Certainly, a modern machine is required for some things, but my take is > that as we move forward with computer hardware/OSes, we are actually taking > a few steps back. > BTW, if anyone out there has a solution to the 18 minute cold boot time, > I am all ears. > Bob WB0POQ > >> On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 8:16 PM Ray <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dick. >> Many Programs were written in Basic and Still Work. >> Also my VNA still runs under Win 7( not Win 10 ) >> So….. Life in the Technology Fast Lane. >> Ray WA6VAB K3 >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> From: Dick >> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 6:09 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Elecraft] Old DOS computers >> >> >> I will never understand how those in the Amateur radio hobby can spend >> thousands of dollars on equipment, yet they keep old PC’s that are not very >> efficient at all, nor are they secure. It just defies logic ! >> >> Dick / W1REJ >> Sent from Mail for Windows 10 >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
