Ssd's

[Sidewinder]

Anyone got an SSD in a laptop?

My main laptop HDD is filling up, and I am looking at a larger drive, tempted by an SSD.

Anyone done the conversion?

Was it worth it?

Do they have such a limit on reads & writes as some people say?

What software did you use?

I am thinking about partitioning the larger drive up to put Ubuntu &/Or perhaps Zorin on it first then clone the Windows install across.

Thoughts perhaps?...

 

[steptoe]

Dunno about SSDs,  but I've had loads of issues with windows going huffy if you don't install it first. 

It will normally try and overwrite the part of grub that allows to to chose OS on boot and just boots itself everything

Dunno if a clone would be different though.

 

[MeFil]

Not in a laptop. But upgrading the ssd in the desktop to a bigger drive in the next couple of days.

Boots fast with the ssd...

 

[steptoe]

Has Kerching ( or was it Onoff ) not recently put an SSD in a lappie?

 

[kme]

The guy who lent me the Win 7 disc you`ve got warned me against it - I think the quote was " at the moment, they`re fast as hell, but with limited lifespan - and when it dies, its dead! - future improvements will improve the read/write lifespan. Wait"

So thats what I`m doing......................

 

[Steve3948]

I posted a while ago I've put a Samsung SSD 500Gb in my Acer 5742G laptop..

I used Acronis clone disk and everything was done within the hour, no issues at all.

Boot up is now instant, files access is fast, a lot cooler running.

I think spinning disks are more likely to fail than SSD's, especially if knocked while disk access is taking place.

 

[OnOff]

I put a cheapo Crucial 128GB SSD in our old desktop. Flies on Zorin 8. Quiet running, super quick to boot. A few lads at work have given their old Macs a new lease of life with SSD's.

The missus can't get on with 'buntu/Zorin even with POL, XP running on Virtual Box etc. Just some old stuff it won't run. So.......I'm having to build her a "new" Windoze PC - it'll be a bitsa mainly from the many collected parts. Debating getting another cheapo, £50 Crucial SSD just for the OS.

 

[Sidewinder]

I have just ordered Samsung 850 Pro 1TB for the office mini mac - its one of the latest generation ones with a 10 year warranty

Where from bud?

How much?

PM if you want.

 

[OnOff]

I usually go between Aria, eBuyer and Micro Direct but think they've (MD) have gone to the wall? £500 for that 1TB Samsung 850 Pro?

 

[Sidewinder]

It can be found for <£500, Crucial M550 1TB circa £300 both inc vat.

The mSATA unit in my lappy is goosed, has been for a while and it makes a difference.

I can get:

http://www.ebuyer.com/629715-crucial-m550-512gb-msata-ssd-ct512m550ssd3?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products&gclid=CjwKEAjwyYCgBRCMmbWl5beV_RQSJABESqHAb3Vu1okeeOay3OLVYb4TrVJTZF2foGXMpy68BLbGwxoCTN7w_wcB

&

http://www.ebuyer.com/629712-crucial-m550-1tb-2-5inch-sataiii-ssd-ct1024m550ssd1?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products&gclid=CjwKEAjwyYCgBRCMmbWl5beV_RQSJABESqHAvnXGkqkV7x9hhpvUjCO296DG0jiL96EOEe1RbOdF4BoCp9bw_wcB

For the price of the Samsung!

 

[Steve3948]

No complaints with the Samsung from me either.

 

[Sidewinder]

The Samsung is a lot faster and has a lot better warranty, £479 Inc VAT.

Where?...

Oh and what software apart from MacOS to clone the disk would you recommend?

Cheers.

 

[Steve3948]

I used the Acronis True Image clone disk with no problems.

The Samsung comes with software to clone although I did not use it.