• Netbook + SSD =?
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[QUOTE=bohb;30840812]I find that real hard to believe.[/quote] Cool guess what, you are wrong [img]http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/747/urwrong.png[/img] [quote]I have at least a dozen drives that are 14 years old and older that have had regular use for that span of time, and they all still work fine. I even have one drive from 1988 that gets semi-regular use and it still works fine. That study was crap.[/QUOTE] Awesome, EMC did the study on drives that were on 24/7, you do know who EMC is right?
[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;30838927]what? I installed windows 7 on a 15GB partition with room to spare, what on earth are you doing?[/QUOTE] I customized a Windows 7 disc using RT Seven Lite. It let me slipstream SP1, post-SP1 Windows Updates, Driver Packs, IE9, all .NET redistributal installers (as Windows Updates), custom wallpapers, and even Office 2010 and Chrome 13. It all fit on the 4.4GB DVD-R without removing anything. It makes my job 10x easier not having to sit through hours and hours of Windows updates. I'm thinking the added weight I added to the disc is why it needs the additional space, but I could be wrong. I was using VirtualBox 4.0.8, if that matters. I looked for a tweak or patch that would let me bypass the minimum requirements check, but was unable to find one. :frown:
[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;30839859]you don't need pagefile in 2011.[/QUOTE] And what if you don't have enough ram overall? You gotta dump it some where.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;30842951]And what if you don't have enough ram overall? You gotta dump it some where.[/QUOTE] You only need the Paging file if you have less than 2GB of RAM. I've gone years in Linux without a swap partition because I've always had 4GB or more RAM. The paging file just takes up space and seems redundant.
That particular SSD won't last very long unless you get very lucky, as it's an older Sandforce controller. However as someone has mentioned it is an improved model with more error checking added, so that might be enough to make it more reliable.
[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;30815542]1. turn off pagefile 2. Don't install Linux or XP(TRIM support), use win7 3. don't defrag it you will experience better 1. battery life 2. speed- general usage and bootups[/QUOTE] Linux supports TRIM since kernel 2.6.33 and by disabling the pagefile you will just run into problems when you are going to a situation with too less memory. In fact, if you have enough RAM, the OS will use that. Also e.g. Windows does read more from the page-file since it writes to it (just a few 100 MB/day which is fine - [url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/e7/archive/2009/05/05/support-and-q-a-for-solid-state-drives-and.aspx]more from MS[/url]) But one thing, you shouldn't do is using hibernate - That for sure. Because it will dump the whole memory to the SSD which will wear it fast. [editline]2nd July 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Darkimmortal;30845563]That particular SSD won't last very long unless you get very lucky, as it's an older Sandforce controller. However as someone has mentioned it is an improved model with more error checking added, so that might be enough to make it more reliable.[/QUOTE] Where did you got that information from?
[url=http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ocz-vertex-2-25nm-ssd,2867.html]link[/url] That article has some info on this issue.
[QUOTE=aVoN;30848479]Where did you got that information from?[/QUOTE] Have seen Vertex II and other Sandforce drives recommended against being used in servers over Crucial, Intel, etc. due to failure rates and despite the obvious difference with server load, it's worth taking into account since SSDs are very similarly priced.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;30842951]And what if you don't have enough ram overall? You gotta dump it some where.[/QUOTE] windows 7 uses about 512Mb when it detects 1gb, he is on a netbook to, chances are the most memory demanding thing he will have is firefox open. I don't see this being a problem, and if he doesn't have 2GB(the standard for most netbooks) he should add that too the order
[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;30842250]Cool guess what, you are wrong [img]http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/747/urwrong.png[/img] [/QUOTE] Good luck with doing [I]absolutely[/I] nothing with that machine. 4.9 GB gets you what, a few applications before you run out of disk space? [QUOTE=JohnEdwards;30842250]Awesome, EMC did the study on drives that were on 24/7, you do know who EMC is right?[/QUOTE] My definition of [I]regular use[/I] means pretty much constant 24/7 operation. Stop trying to be elitest, you're looking dumber by the minute.
If you are planing on getting an sdd you shouldn't get a crappy one.
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