Laptops with SSD drives
11-10-2011, 07:18 PM
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Laptops with SSD drives
Can anybody help point out some laptops that have SSD drives, standard or upgrade that I don't have to buy the top of the line, fastest one to get a SSD in it?
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11-10-2011, 07:37 PM
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That's what I don't want to do, buying for somebody else.
11-11-2011, 07:59 PM
#4
^ you can get a variety of laptops with SSD from maufacturers but you are going to pay out the ying yang for it and not get the best one so do what the guy suggested and get the SSD seperate
HP charges $270 for a 160GB ssd for example and you can bet it's most likely NOT the blistering fast Intel model that can be had for the same price online.
HP charges $270 for a 160GB ssd for example and you can bet it's most likely NOT the blistering fast Intel model that can be had for the same price online.
11-11-2011, 08:14 PM
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Macbook Air.
No matter what you pick, SSD is
No matter what you pick, SSD is
11-12-2011, 06:33 PM
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^ you can get a variety of laptops with SSD from maufacturers but you are going to pay out the ying yang for it and not get the best one so do what the guy suggested and get the SSD seperate
HP charges $270 for a 160GB ssd for example and you can bet it's most likely NOT the blistering fast Intel model that can be had for the same price online.
HP charges $270 for a 160GB ssd for example and you can bet it's most likely NOT the blistering fast Intel model that can be had for the same price online.
This is what I keep coming back to.
Speed, instant on/off. Save on battery life.
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12-01-2011, 11:19 PM
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Just put a SSD in my MBP....my stock drive took a dump (my fault for keeping it too full for too long Im guessing)
Got it up and running today...and SWEEEEEEEET.
Got it up and running today...and SWEEEEEEEET.
12-01-2011, 11:23 PM
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Bought MBA 13" with 128gb, BB had on sale week before TG for $1095.00, $200 off.
12-01-2011, 11:57 PM
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I was VERY tempted to just put a cheap drive in my MBP...sell it and buy a loaded 11" MBA with the "black friday sales" macmall had them at like 200 off also.
In the end, I just bought a SSD drive and a Time Capsule.
12-02-2011, 01:47 AM
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Personally I am not going the SSD route until 1TB reaches the realm of affordability..... I keep a lot of media files on my PC (transferred my ENTIRE DVD collection to digital format)
12-02-2011, 01:53 AM
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Yep, swapped a 256 GB SSD into my Macbook Pro, I love it. Combined with the i7, this thing flies!
12-02-2011, 05:31 AM
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Battery life is not a reason. I thought this as well and just learned yesterday that it's not true: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...tery,1955.html
12-02-2011, 07:01 AM
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All 3 of my laptops have SSD, do it.
12-02-2011, 08:10 AM
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Battery life is not a reason. I thought this as well and just learned yesterday that it's not true: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...tery,1955.html
Tom's has always done some great tests, but I'm looking at it just as I stated.
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12-02-2011, 09:01 AM
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One thing I totally lost/forgot/confused on with the MBA, it doesn't use SSD, it uses flash memory as the iPods, iPhones and iPads. Thus giving it better battery life, I kept looking at "normal" laptops that replaced HDD that replaced them with SSD.
12-02-2011, 10:22 AM
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That Tom's article was done on early gen SSDs, they've since fixed whatever issue was leading to higher than expected power usage in later model SSDs.
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12-03-2011, 12:42 PM
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Damn...I went with OWC Mercury Drive....14 sec boot up, 3 sec shutdown...blazing.
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