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Re: Try Again: Replace IDE/PATA with SSD?

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From Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org>
Subject Re: Try Again: Replace IDE/PATA with SSD?
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Message-ID <slrnmtp7f7.ldo.gsutter@zer0.org> (permalink)
Date 2015-08-25 11:55 -0500

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On 2015-08-22, David Kaye <sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> My last post seems to have disappeared, so I'll try again.  Due to the 
> slower speed of the IDE interface, is it worthwhile from a speed standpoint 
> to install an SSD rather than a regular HD?  Wouild there be any noticeable 
> speed difference?  We're talking 2 1/2 inch laptop here.

Even with a PATA interface, an SSD will still provide a huge speedup.
It's significantly more rare to saturate the data bus than to exceed
the instantaneous I/O capacity of the drive.

Do you have this laptop mounted on a bicycle?  An SSD will also
withstand road vibrations significantly better than a rotating disk. :)

-- 
Gregory S. Sutter                           Mostly Harmless
mailto:gsutter@zer0.org 
http://zer0.org/~gsutter/ 

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Try Again: Replace IDE/PATA with SSD? "David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-21 19:40 -0700
  Re: Try Again: Replace IDE/PATA with SSD? Don Freeman <freemand@cosmoslair.com> - 2015-08-23 14:42 -0700
    Re: Try Again: Replace IDE/PATA with SSD? "David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-30 00:35 -0700
      Re: Try Again: Replace IDE/PATA with SSD? Don Freeman <freemand@cosmoslair.com> - 2015-08-31 17:24 -0700
        Re: Try Again: Replace IDE/PATA with SSD? "David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-24 17:59 -0800
  Re: Try Again: Replace IDE/PATA with SSD? Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org> - 2015-08-25 11:55 -0500
    Re: Try Again: Replace IDE/PATA with SSD? "David Kaye" <sfdavidkaye2@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-30 00:37 -0700

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