On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Fred Langley <piclist@platinum.ca> wrote:

> I just upgraded my laptop to a flash memory buffered HD.
>
> Seagate Momentus XT 750GB:
> http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/laptops/laptop-hdd/
>
>
> That drive is 750GB, RPM in the 5000's (they don't really say), with 8GB =
of
> high-speed flash memory as a buffer. They claim that since only 8GB is
> used,
> that it is much faster than the memory used in SSD's since they can affor=
d
> to use the more expensive memory.
>
> The most commonly used stuff gets stored in the flash buffer, so once you
> boot a couple of times and start and stop your most common applications i=
t
> is really fast. For instance, starting Outlook was always at least a 3-4
> second process. Now it is sub-second. Boot times, although I have not
> measured them are probably a quarter of the time.
>
> My desktop PC uses an SSD for the system drive and a pair of mirrored 2TB
> drives for data.
>
> I think the laptop is now noticeably faster when it comes to booting and
> starting the programs I most use than the SSD based desktop.
>

I have one of these in my laptop, not really looking for it in my desktop.
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