Thanks Gary and Curt, now I need to find a source for a drive that will fit our old laptop.
Max Dillon, Charleston SC On Sep 2, 2014 11:42 AM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Pretty much true for every computer. Make sure your OS supports wear > leveling (WinXP does NOT) so you don't kill the drive before its time. > I put an SSD in my desktop machine (HP XW8600, 10GB RAM, Win7, top of the > pops about 5 years ago, great home machine now) and boot times went from > about 1 minute to about 30 seconds. The bios checks take longer than the OS > booting. I got a 120GB drive as I have a pair of 500GB drives for data. > > -Curt > > > ________________________________ > From: Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 9:50 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Macbook Pro S/W update kills it > > > Dan, > > Would that hold true for a laptop running Windows Vista? Win 7? > > Max Dillon, > Charleston SC > > > > > On Sep 2, 2014 8:01 AM, "Dan Penoff via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > The beauty of an SSD in a laptop, besides making it blindingly fast, is > the increase in battery life you get due to the decrease in power > consumption. > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
