So is the general thinking that the G2 is good enough or are people waiting
for the 3rd gen and full implementation of TRIM from the get-go? Really
itching to pull the trigger on one but don't want to get stuck with
something that's going to have issues shortly down the road when waiting a
few months would've gotten me a much better part with a lots less issues...
BINO
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John R Steinbruner
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:29 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] SSD Time.............
Yeah, mine is the G2 and I got it from Provantage..
Just ordered an 80 gig G2 SSD for my laptop from the same folks...
www.provantage.com
http://www.provantage.com/hard-drives-solid-state~67HDRVSS0.htm
On Dec 15, 2009, at 9:19 PM, Bino Gopal wrote:
> Hey looking into this myself (for my laptop actually); which model was
this
> exactly? Is this the G2 version or the G1, and if it's the G2, where did
> you get it for that price since it's $550 on Newegg currently...??
>
> Reading the anandtech article, it seems like the Intel G2 is the way to
go,
> even with the price premium, though the OCZ Vertex is a close second if
you
> don't mind the smaller size and want to save some cash...
>
> BINO
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John R
Steinbruner
> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 10:09 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [H] SSD Time.............
>
> Yeah, I can see that...
>
> I am already being spoiled by the new speed, click on something and bang,
> there it is................
>
> The speed is intoxicating, and yet somehow it's like computers should have
> always been.... :)
>
>
>
>
> On Dec 13, 2009, at 5:15 PM, Greg Sevart wrote:
>
>> When I rebuilt my home system to move to W7, I switched from a
> Velociraptor
>> to 2x Intel 80GB G2 SSDs in R0. It's now painful to use any machine with
a
>> magnetic primary drive. I was even able to install Visual Studio 2008 in
>> under 2 minutes. Anybody that's ever installed VS2008 knows that's
>> incredible.
>
>
> --
> JRS
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>
> Facts do not cease to exist just
> because they are ignored.
>
>
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JRS
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because they are ignored.
