[OFB Cafe] SSDs

[Fred A. Miller]

On 11/28/2011 02:54 AM, Timothy Butler wrote:
> Hi, Fred,
>
>> >  If might be worth moving all data off of the drive and onto an external drive, clean up the drive, then move it all back just to see if you get the speed back.
> 	I've actually tried that a couple of times to no avail. Apple support was mystified about how the drive gets a clean bill of health but acts like a drive getting ready to go out. (A year and some change later, it is still kicking, but still acts the same way.)
Strange, for sure.
>
> 	Any thoughts on what the proper sustained transfer rate of a laptop hdd should be these days? I've tried testing it via large file copies from the previously mentioned FW800 drive.

No......sorry I don't. There's a lot of variables that can radically 
change the transfer rate on any 'puter.

>
> 	I think I'm sold on an SSD, but Fred, if you were going to recommend a 2.5" drive, what do you like right now? Anything better than the Momentus XT?

I like Crucial for a maker....don't think you'll go wrong with anything 
they have. However, I'm NOT sold on an SSD drive yet for most users.

Fred

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