On 14-06-02 1:53 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > Sadly, for the majority of the models under discussion here the answer is > 'See if you can find a 7200 rpm drive'. These systems are cursed with > obsolete technology. > > IDE-based SSD's are tiny and hugely expensive, 7200 RPM drives are getting > scarce, particularly for laptops, but even in 3.5" models. > > You can put good, fast SSD's in a G5 tower, and for a boot volume this > probably make sense, since you can keep the older, slower drives for data. Does this mean that I can put one of those in a Pismo? > > Making sure you have a good, current backup is probably the very best > strategy; this makes it much less of an issue when a drive dies. Until there's a crash, most people, including myself don't take this very seriously. If I knew what better, in fact, I will stop this e-mail right here and go back up things that I know if an HD crash, I myself, just might crash. Strong statement and said like that may make me start on that this weekend and keep at it. > > But basically, the best possible speed-up strategy for a G3-G5 system is to > move to an Intel Mac :-/ Bruce, I know this is a poke at me, because I'm the dinosaurs in this group. So, moving into the new age: I'm accepting offers for a very cheap intel machine; laptop or mac mini. > > There you have a host of solutions: for instance a modern Mini with an SSD is > like a different critter than the stock ones with their dog-slow 5400 RPM > HDD's. Boot times go to seconds, from minutes, and Disk IO can finally keep > up with the CPU and network IO, especially if they're on a gigabit network. > > Also these drives are vastly cheaper: > <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-721-108&nm_mc=EMC-GD051914&cm_mmc=EMC-GD051914-_-index-_-Item-_-20-721-108> > These were on sale for $104 a couple weeks ago. (get on their email list you > can sometimes score awesome deals). You know, I used to be on their mailing list, I guess I did not pay much attention to their mail, by clicking on their links, and so they bumped me off. I will try and get back on.
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