I think you mean Dell Latitude :P
2008/12/9 Cale Dunlap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I use a SSD in my laptop for work when I write code. I don't notice much of > a difference when coding, but booting is definitely faster. However I've > had > some issues with it, not sure if it is just the laptop in general or the > SSD. Sometimes the system will hang up periodically, like it is waiting on > disk for a long period of time (by long I mean a few seconds, not like > minutes or anything). Once those momentary losses in performance clear up, > everything is pretty quick again. They just happen more frequently than I > would like... and sometimes it does that shortly before blue-screening. > Like > I said though, not sure if its the drive or the laptop (Hell Splatitude > D830). > > I'm not convinced on the quality/reliability of the drives though, yes they > can be fast, but like Haza said, they're built on cheaper parts. I'm almost > inclined to say that using the ol' whirling disks-o-fury is a safer bet > than > a SSD. > > Just my $0.02, or 28.7769784 KRW =D > > Cale > > On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Haza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > USB keys are not the same as a SSD drive. > > > > The NAND flash in them is usually cheap poor quality, and slow(Like worse > > than a HDD + the speed limitations of the USB bus). > > > > Your best way to a cheap solution, would be to get a Compact Flash card > and > > a CF to IDE adapter. > > > > Have a look here for any information about card speeds. > > > > http://www.hjreggel.net/cardspeed/ > > http://www.hjreggel.net/cardspeed/cs_udmacf.html > > > > Also USB drives for comparison: > > http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/data-transfer-run,1037-10.html > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jed > > Sent: Monday, 8 December 2008 9:34 AM > > To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Anyone using an SSD Drive for compiling? > > > > Does running the compiler and storing the code on a 8Gb USB stick > > count as an SSD drive? :D > > > > - Jed > > > > 2008/12/8 Andrew Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I'd imagine you might see some improvements with intelisense if you're > > using > > > Visual Studio, and probably a bit of an improvement on the compiling > when > > > it's creating and reading the obj files, but have no hard evidence. > > > > > > You may have the honour of being the first one to actually put it to > the > > > test. > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Matt Hoffman > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > >> I don't see how a SSD Drive would improve compile times at all. Most > of > > the > > >> compile times is just crunching numbers, not read/write. Cannot remark > > on > > >> the coding aspect though. > > >> > > >> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Minh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > Hope this isn't too off topic but I'm considering purchasing an > > Intel > > >> > X25-M SSD drive in hopes of improving my compile times and general > > coding > > >> > experience (I do a lot of stop/edit debugging and constant searching > > in > > >> > files). > > >> > Does anyone have any experience using SSD drives? Is it noticably > > >> faster > > >> > when compiling your binaries? > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > >> > please visit: > > >> > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > >> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > >> please visit: > > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > >> > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
