On 02/06/2011 17:21, alan.b.pearce@stfc.ac.uk wrote:
>> >  The one I am considering (or something like it) is a 7200rpm 250GB on=
e:
>> >  http://bit.ly/jH5n6c
>> > =20
>> >  I don't care too much about cost or capacity - my main concern is wit=
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>> >  raw speed and reliability.
> So go for a solid state drive ... You should get one around that capacity=
..

I ended up going for the one I linked to, for reasons I mentioned in my=20
other mail.
For future reference, is it possible to get a SSD of 250GB for a laptop=20
though? The biggest I saw was 64GB, although I didn't look too hard. I=20
guess it would be pretty expensive if you can, as 64GB is at least =A3100.

I'm thinking it might be a good time to start thinking of a new laptop=20
too anyway, so I was considering one with USB 3.0 and an SSD drive=20
installed.
The capacity wouldn't really matter too much I suppose, as long as I can=20
get an operating system and all my software on there (I think just about=20
possible) other stuff can live on the network as it does usually anyway.
Looking at this one, I'm using about 140 out of 160GB, but I reckon=20
quite a bit of that is unessential stuff that could go elsewhere.




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