I haven't gotten mine yet (Santa) but yes, the idea is you use the SSD as a boot drive. Not many people can afford one big enough to use for apps.
Although I have seen a couple of projects that use multiple SSDs in RAID setups, for those with way toooo much money. --------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Winterlight <[email protected]>wrote: > At 06:38 PM 12/18/2009, you wrote: > >> Yep and not usually (if they do they usually come with). >> > > I just can't stop thinking that by June they will be twice as big and half > the price. I'm guessing you guys run your OS and programs off them? > > > > --------------------------- >> Brian Weeden >> Technical Advisor >> Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> >> >> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada >> +1 (202) 683-8534 US >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Winterlight <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> > >> > do you just plug them in like any drive? do you need anything special to >> > mount them? >> > >> > >> > At 06:04 PM 12/18/2009, you wrote: >> > >> >> Pretty much. And once you've used a machine that has a good one (read: >> one >> >> not based on a JMicron or Samsung controller), using any machine with a >> >> magnetic drive is excruciating. >> >> >> >> They so vastly improve system responsiveness, yet at the same time, it >> >> feels >> >> like that's just the way a computer should have been all along. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: [email protected] >> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DSinc >> >> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 7:20 PM >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: Re: [H] SSD Time............. >> >> >> >> OK, time for an end-of-the-year stupid question! >> >> Is this "SSD" business the non-mechanical replacement for our current >> >> SATA HD wars/questions/bench races/? >> >> >> >> Like a flash drive on steroids? >> >> Wondering? >> >> Best of the Season, >> >> Duncan >> >> >> > >> > >> > >
