Solid state drives

[MEIRELES.]

Instead of a spinning disc your have in a standard hard drive these SSD motherfuckers have memory chips in em

No noise

No fan spinning

Minimal heat generated

Access time is ridiculously quicker

Definitely worth the money

[dub]

nah I was reading an article a few months ago saying the price hasn't reduced nearly as much as expected so they're not looking like they'll replace HDDs too soon - but in a year who knows what may happen

i reckon they should just start puttin small 32/64GB ones in all future computers just for the OS/heavy apps, 'cause they're such a benefit

[The Somalian]

I got mine in April for £120 same one I see on hot uk deals going for 70-80 now

[mp*]

cs the 830, great ssd

[Mr. Martinez]

price has defo come down a lot

i was looking at one like late 2010 early 11, and it was like 4 bills for 128gb

[Da Luv Doc]

In a year or two I'll buy a lappy with one in, hopefully they'll make laptops with both a ssd & your standard hard drive.

[dub]

you can get 512GB SSDs though, they just cost an arm

most people online seem to just replace their CD drives with them

[Captain Planet]

I wonder if these are standard issue with the new touch pcs

I'm thinking f a lappy these days

[zlastboss]

laptop has a 100 gig ssd

boots up faster then my ps3

sum one to9ld me gettin a ssd is the moist cost effective way of gettin a performance boost from ur computer

[time_bomb]

im clueless with this stuff, do they just replace the hard drive u already got in ur laptop? can u put them in any laptop? is it easy to install?

[dub]

you either replace your DVD drive or your existing HDD

they should be compatible with pretty much any recent laptop

yes, its easy to install (unless you're replacing your DVD drive which may need a special bracket - check ebay)

[Gstar]

contemplating getting one got the macbook pro i5 running 16gb but it still feels slow

[Mr. Martinez]

get one now.

[Greens]

Easy to fit on a MBP?

[dub]

there's loads of guides dedicated to putting them in MBPs online

[Mr. Martinez]

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1347247

everything you need to know is in there

get this caddy..

http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Unibody-MacBook-SuperDrive-Replacement/dp/B0058AH2US/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332489509&sr=8-1

[gyal fi beg]

been sayin this for a minute now... literally turns any cack casual pc into a movers...

every1s right though. samsung 830 and crucial m4 for the win. m4 in my lappy and samsung in the desktop. the only way

[Benicio del Toney]

Has any1 created a RAM disk, supposed to be faster than an SSD still.

Might create a 2GB disk, will just help me sift through large image files alot quicker I'm hoping.

[Seymour Cake]

How do you create one? ^

[dub]

how large are your image files for you to need a RAM drive?

[Benicio del Toney]

I need to sift through about 600/700 large pics in a folder at a time.

I wanna be able to just hold the arrow key and it go through without loading or skipping pics, right now that ain't happening so gonna try fling em on a ram drive, should work.

[Benicio del Toney]

How do you create one? ^

http://www.pcworld.com/article/260918/how_to_supercharge_your_pc_with_a_ram_disk.html

[dub]

at that volume, it will probably help

or perhaps you can find more adequate software to load the images into memory for you to then flick through? I wouldn't be able to recommend anything in particular though