Bought one a few months back and replaced the HD on my laptop (T61) and installed Win7 Ent; it's freaking amazing how fast things are now (like startup, or shutdown, or loading stuff once you log in). Wouldn't go back for anything now!! My roommate dropped ~$450 for the 160GB (for his Dell XPS laptop using XP) a few months before that, and is having the same experience...though if he doesn't have Win7 and TRIM is he going to start having issues...? Hmm, hadn't thought of that when I talked him into getting it! :P
So I paid $220 back then; $200 is a great price now. And I don't expect the SSD to last that long-but the amount of time I've saving over just the next 2 years will more than justify the cost (and responsiveness too), such that I can easily upgrade to a much bigger drive then (~2 yrs from now) and be totally happy with what I got! It really is the most significant PC upgrade I've seen in a long time. Of course I'm using Win7 Ent 64-bit with Office 64-bit and things like Outlook (the main program I use everyday) might run faster due to the 64-bit stuff, but the SSD makes a big difference with that and lots of other stuff... But that's JM2C on the subject... :P BINO > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 08:05:16 -0400 > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Greg what do you think of this SSD? > > Known problem, usually solved by a firmware update or using an OS that > actually supports TRIM. > > The core problem is that SSDs are completely different technogy from > spinning disks and you can't treat them the same. You shouldnt defrag > SSDs or do anything that does more writes than necessary. And never > use a tool like Spinrite on them. > > ----------- > Brian > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2010-05-23, at 7:49 AM, Steve Tomporowski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Some of these reviews are hilarious. One guy had all sorts of > > problems: Boot Failure, very slow booting, but still gave it 3 > > eggs. One guy called it the best upgrade he ever did, but only > > rated it four eggs. The ones that disturb me are those where, all > > of a sudden, they are back to slow booting. Is this a known problem > > with a known solution? > > > > Steve > > > > On 5/23/2010 6:32 AM, Al Anger wrote: > >> On Fri, 21 May 2010 21:42:43 -0700 > >> Winterlight<[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M080G2XXX 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC > >>> Internal > >>> Solid State Drive (SSD) > >>> > >> Have you read the reviews on newegg? > >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16820167016 > >> Sure is tempting... > >> > >
