this is on its way to me

[retro]

OCZ Agility 2 120GB SSD
http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Technolog...W8L8/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1297185777&sr=8-6

Should get here tomorrow... and then it's reinstall OS time.

 

[satinbutterfly]

I want. :nod:

 

[retro]

Crap... the sign I left on my door telling them to leave it there is wrong. I thought it was being shipped UPS, but instead it's coming FedEx. So the sign tells the UPS guy to leave it at the door. :24:

Which means that I'm going to have to wait until after 530 tonight to pick it up... rather than leaving work early and getting started.

 

[JoeCool10]

Oh my... so much potential with 120 gigs. D:

 

[Dana]

120 Gigs? Whats so special about 120 gigs? I've had up to 500 gigs at one point. i want a terabyte

 

[JoeCool10]

120 Gigs? Whats so special about 120 gigs? I've had up to 500 gigs at one point. i want a terabyte

Anything is better than 50 :/

 

[Dana]

Anything is better than 50 :/

50 gigs? seriously? if u ever come into 100-150 dollars u can buy a good sized drive at Staples.

 

[Dana]

Although I'm sure it does something special over a regular hd for 200 bucks?

 

[JoeCool10]

Although I'm sure it does something special over a regular hd for 200 bucks?

Once I get my return I'm gonna go to Best Buy and look for a decent lap top.

 

[Dana]

My eMachine is decent. Though Win7 likes to cease up on me and not respond at times

 

[Siphorous]

Nice one Retro. I've just ordered a cheap and cheerful one for a price mistake. I don't think they'll honour it though. Can but try.

 

[retro]

120 Gigs? Whats so special about 120 gigs? I've had up to 500 gigs at one point. i want a terabyte

It's not the size of the drive that's important, it's the I/O speed and lack of mechanical parts. A computer with Windows (or whatever OS) on an SSD is looking at about a 10-15 second boot time.. as compared to however the hell long it'd take with a standard drive. Also, it's flash memory based, so there is no spin-up time, there's no mechanical parts that can break down (which is a common cause of HDD failure).

If you're interested in more details...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_state_hard_drive

I'm currently running two other hard drives in my system... a 1TB drive, and a 750GB drive. This one will only be for my OS and highly used applications/games.

 

[retro]

wow.... Photoshop opens up in about 5 seconds now, rather than the 20-30 it took before. O.O

 

[Tuffdisc]

OCZ Agility 2 120GB SSD
http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Technolog...W8L8/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1297185777&sr=8-6

Should get here tomorrow... and then it's reinstall OS time.

You could clone your OS unto your new shiny SSD, just like what I did with my Kingston

 

[Tuffdisc]

120 Gigs? Whats so special about 120 gigs? I've had up to 500 gigs at one point. i want a terabyte

SSD are mainly used for speedy boot ups and installing software not for storage like your 500gigs

 

[Tuffdisc]

wow.... Photoshop opens up in about 5 seconds now, rather than the 20-30 it took before. O.O

Just you wait until Windows 7 SP1, I had accidentally installed the RC version....wow what speed it was

Don't said to Ed It is faster than the Mac:thumbup

 

[PoopaSwoof]

I've been wanting one of these for a while now but am waiting for the prices to drop some more so I dont have to sell the kid to get one.

 

[retro]

You could clone your OS unto your new shiny SSD, just like what I did with my Kingston

Nah, I needed a fresh Windows install anyway, it'd been almost a year and a half.