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SSD how much faster than standard hard drives with a large cache?
I'm planning to purchase a new Dell PC. I'm a fairly typical user- I use MS
Office, Paintshop Pro for some amateur photo stuff, and I now enjoy amateur video editing- and I do lots of web surfing. I'm comparing a Dell with a SSD boot drive (and a 2nd drive for data) with a standard hard drive with a 32 gig cache. Is there likely to be a dramatic difference in speed between the two? no doubt the SSD will boot up faster- but beyond that, will ordinary use of the computer seem much faster? if the SSD boot drive will be much faster I'll spring for the extra cost- but if it's only, say, 20% faster- I probably can't afford it for that benefit. Joe |
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On 11/10/2014 6:56 AM, Joe wrote:
I'm planning to purchase a new Dell PC. I'm a fairly typical user- I use MS Office, Paintshop Pro for some amateur photo stuff, and I now enjoy amateur video editing- and I do lots of web surfing. I'm comparing a Dell with a SSD boot drive (and a 2nd drive for data) with a standard hard drive with a 32 gig cache. Is there likely to be a dramatic difference in speed between the two? no doubt the SSD will boot up faster- but beyond that, will ordinary use of the computer seem much faster? Yes. if the SSD boot drive will be much faster I'll spring for the extra cost- but if it's only, say, 20% faster- I probably can't afford it for that benefit. My boot times went from 1:30 down to 0:20, that's including the startup times for all programs, not just to the initial welcome screen. I dare say that an SSD was the biggest boost to performance that I've ever felt since the time I went from an 8088 PC-XT straight to an 386DX processor. Yousuf Khan |
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SSD how much faster than standard hard drives with a large cache?
Right, but I'm wondering if Dell's alternative of a HDD mated with that 32
gig SSD as a cache would be almost as good. It would be nice if Dell and other firms did some tests to find out. Joe "Yousuf Khan" wrote in message ... On 11/10/2014 6:56 AM, Joe wrote: I'm planning to purchase a new Dell PC. I'm a fairly typical user- I use MS Office, Paintshop Pro for some amateur photo stuff, and I now enjoy amateur video editing- and I do lots of web surfing. I'm comparing a Dell with a SSD boot drive (and a 2nd drive for data) with a standard hard drive with a 32 gig cache. Is there likely to be a dramatic difference in speed between the two? no doubt the SSD will boot up faster- but beyond that, will ordinary use of the computer seem much faster? Yes. if the SSD boot drive will be much faster I'll spring for the extra cost- but if it's only, say, 20% faster- I probably can't afford it for that benefit. My boot times went from 1:30 down to 0:20, that's including the startup times for all programs, not just to the initial welcome screen. I dare say that an SSD was the biggest boost to performance that I've ever felt since the time I went from an 8088 PC-XT straight to an 386DX processor. Yousuf Khan |
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SSD how much faster than standard hard drives with a large cache?
Joe wrote
Right, but I'm wondering if Dell's alternative of a HDD mated with that 32 gig SSD as a cache would be almost as good. It would be nice if Dell and other firms did some tests to find out. I haven't bothered to check if this one has. http://www.storagereview.com/ "Yousuf Khan" wrote in message ... On 11/10/2014 6:56 AM, Joe wrote: I'm planning to purchase a new Dell PC. I'm a fairly typical user- I use MS Office, Paintshop Pro for some amateur photo stuff, and I now enjoy amateur video editing- and I do lots of web surfing. I'm comparing a Dell with a SSD boot drive (and a 2nd drive for data) with a standard hard drive with a 32 gig cache. Is there likely to be a dramatic difference in speed between the two? no doubt the SSD will boot up faster- but beyond that, will ordinary use of the computer seem much faster? Yes. if the SSD boot drive will be much faster I'll spring for the extra cost- but if it's only, say, 20% faster- I probably can't afford it for that benefit. My boot times went from 1:30 down to 0:20, that's including the startup times for all programs, not just to the initial welcome screen. I dare say that an SSD was the biggest boost to performance that I've ever felt since the time I went from an 8088 PC-XT straight to an 386DX processor. Yousuf Khan |
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SSD how much faster than standard hard drives with a large cache?
the rate of change in the computer world seems to be accelerating! I bet
those of you who try hard to keep up with it can hardly do so, never mind those of us who only try to catch up ever several years- but it is fascinating stuff- I wonder what our PCs will be like in 20 years from now? Joe "Rod Speed" wrote in message ... Joe wrote Right, but I'm wondering if Dell's alternative of a HDD mated with that 32 gig SSD as a cache would be almost as good. It would be nice if Dell and other firms did some tests to find out. I haven't bothered to check if this one has. http://www.storagereview.com/ "Yousuf Khan" wrote in message ... On 11/10/2014 6:56 AM, Joe wrote: I'm planning to purchase a new Dell PC. I'm a fairly typical user- I use MS Office, Paintshop Pro for some amateur photo stuff, and I now enjoy amateur video editing- and I do lots of web surfing. I'm comparing a Dell with a SSD boot drive (and a 2nd drive for data) with a standard hard drive with a 32 gig cache. Is there likely to be a dramatic difference in speed between the two? no doubt the SSD will boot up faster- but beyond that, will ordinary use of the computer seem much faster? Yes. if the SSD boot drive will be much faster I'll spring for the extra cost- but if it's only, say, 20% faster- I probably can't afford it for that benefit. My boot times went from 1:30 down to 0:20, that's including the startup times for all programs, not just to the initial welcome screen. I dare say that an SSD was the biggest boost to performance that I've ever felt since the time I went from an 8088 PC-XT straight to an 386DX processor. Yousuf Khan |
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 08:02:11 -0400, "Joe" wrote:
the rate of change in the computer world seems to be accelerating! I bet those of you who try hard to keep up with it can hardly do so, never mind those of us who only try to catch up ever several years- but it is fascinating stuff- I wonder what our PCs will be like in 20 years from now? Joe Something like the screens in "1984", you won't even have to carry one around with you, they will be everywhere. But then I'm a realist. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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SSD how much faster than standard hard drives with a large cache?
Joe wrote
the rate of change in the computer world seems to be accelerating! Dunno, its more that we do see surges at times. I bet those of you who try hard to keep up with it can hardly do so, I don't have a problem doing that myself. never mind those of us who only try to catch up ever several years- but it is fascinating stuff- Yeah, that's the main reason I got into computers now more than 50 years ago now. I wonder what our PCs will be like in 20 years from now? Most likely some variation on goggle glasses IMO with a lot more voice input than the use of keyboards. Rod Speed wrote Joe wrote Right, but I'm wondering if Dell's alternative of a HDD mated with that 32 gig SSD as a cache would be almost as good. It would be nice if Dell and other firms did some tests to find out. I haven't bothered to check if this one has. http://www.storagereview.com/ "Yousuf Khan" wrote in message ... On 11/10/2014 6:56 AM, Joe wrote: I'm planning to purchase a new Dell PC. I'm a fairly typical user- I use MS Office, Paintshop Pro for some amateur photo stuff, and I now enjoy amateur video editing- and I do lots of web surfing. I'm comparing a Dell with a SSD boot drive (and a 2nd drive for data) with a standard hard drive with a 32 gig cache. Is there likely to be a dramatic difference in speed between the two? no doubt the SSD will boot up faster- but beyond that, will ordinary use of the computer seem much faster? Yes. if the SSD boot drive will be much faster I'll spring for the extra cost- but if it's only, say, 20% faster- I probably can't afford it for that benefit. My boot times went from 1:30 down to 0:20, that's including the startup times for all programs, not just to the initial welcome screen. I dare say that an SSD was the biggest boost to performance that I've ever felt since the time I went from an 8088 PC-XT straight to an 386DX processor. Yousuf Khan |
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SSD how much faster than standard hard drives with a large cache?
Shadow wrote
Joe wrote the rate of change in the computer world seems to be accelerating! I bet those of you who try hard to keep up with it can hardly do so, never mind those of us who only try to catch up ever several years- but it is fascinating stuff- I wonder what our PCs will be like in 20 years from now? Something like the screens in "1984", you won't even have to carry one around with you, they will be everywhere. Likely, but I expect something google glasses as well. We're already seeing a lot more viable voice input. But then I'm a realist. []'s |
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SSD how much faster than standard hard drives with a large cache?
On 12/10/2014 9:53 PM, Joe wrote:
Right, but I'm wondering if Dell's alternative of a HDD mated with that 32 gig SSD as a cache would be almost as good. It would be nice if Dell and other firms did some tests to find out. Joe I'm sure that'll be a good choice too, especially for cramped laptop environments where it's either a lot of capacity with an HDD, or a lot of speed with an SSD. This gives you a nice compromise of both, the compromise being that a bit of extra cost involved, since it's a combined HDD and SSD. Yousuf Khan |
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