Laptop SSD Harddrives

[Spacecadet]

Has anyone here upgraded their laptop hard drive to a SSD?
And if so do you think it was worth the bother?

[DiscoStu]

My netbook had an SSD. Although the read speeds were lightning fast, the write speeds were crappy. In the end I binned it and replaced it with an HDD from an iPod held securely in place with a couple of pritt pads

[stingman123]

My netbook had an SSD. Although the read speeds were lightning fast, the write speeds were crappy. In the end I binned it and replaced it with an HDD from an iPod held securely in place with a couple of pritt pads

How long ago was that? No offence but I don't teally think netbooks use anything that would cost a decent amount. What netbook was it?
I'm only asking because they seem to have progressed a bit and the read speeds seem to be going up, especially within a Win7 environment.

[VectraMan]

Why do you really care about read and write speeds on a laptop/netbook anyway? Surely the benefit is in random access, and in being lighter and using less power.

[DiscoStu]

How long ago was that? No offence but I don't teally think netbooks use anything that would cost a decent amount. What netbook was it?
I'm only asking because they seem to have progressed a bit and the read speeds seem to be going up, especially within a Win7 environment.

It was a cheap & nasty Acer Aspire One. It's spent more time in bits than it has assembled. Next time I'll buy something decent!

[Spacecadet]

Why do you really care about read and write speeds on a laptop/netbook anyway? Surely the benefit is in random access, and in being lighter and using less power.

not bothered about weight or power use, my laptop was purchased as a portable desktop replacement.

[TheFaQQer]

One of the interesting things that Tom Kyte was talking about at the UKOUG on Monday was that SSD wasn't yet as reliable to use as a main data store - it's OK for something that you don't mind losing, but not for anything mission critical.

[Spacecadet]

One of the interesting things that Tom Kyte was talking about at the UKOUG on Monday was that SSD wasn't yet as reliable to use as a main data store - it's OK for something that you don't mind losing, but not for anything mission critical.

I've been hearing the complete opposite!
Still, a sensible backup policy removes the dependance on hard drive reliability

[stingman123]

Thinking of getting one for my desktop box, prices still al little steeop though, spotted a 128Gb drive for £299, decent write speeds as well.....

[d000hg]

One of the interesting things that Tom Kyte was talking about at the UKOUG on Monday was that SSD wasn't yet as reliable to use as a main data store - it's OK for something that you don't mind losing, but not for anything mission critical.

I've been hearing the complete opposite!
Still, a sensible backup policy removes the dependance on hard drive reliability

Exactly. You shouldn't entrust data worth substantial time/money to any single storage device.