SSD Poll - Vote Now!

[profdlp]

Cast your vote!

Inspired by this thread:

http://www.sevenforums.com/news/214653-ssds-have-bleak-future-researchers-say.html

The purpose is to:

A) Gauge the satisfaction (or lack thereof) of current or past users of an SSD.
B) Gauge the interest level among those who do not have one

Vote, then add any additional thoughts in a post below.

If you own one and like it, tell us the reason(s).
If you own(ed) one and hate it, was it defective? Just not what you expected?
If you don't own one but want one, why haven't you bought one yet? (Price too high, waiting for higher capacity drives, etc.)
If you just plain don't want one, what are your reasons?

 

[paulpicks21]

It's number 1 for me prof.

Had a couple of SSD's now, and I would never want to go back to a spinner for my OS


Paul.

 

[cyclic]

Hi profdlp, I suspect you might guess my vote

 

[mickey megabyte]

had one in my desktop for ages - really makes a big difference as far as program loading is concerned.

just got one for my laptop too.

long live the ssd!

 

[essenbe]

I have 5 SSDs. The only way you can get mine from me is to pry my cold dead fingers away from them!

 

[vaidas3]

I own one for my os. Its expensive but best upgrade in a long while.. os install is blazing fast, updates/software installs lots faster too.. boot time is improved.. I would not like to go back to spinner.. but i can not go without spinner to for my data storage. i hope SSDs will become cheaper in future.

 

[Dave76]

I have one in my desktop and one in my laptop (also HDD - dual bay).

Do not want to run either without a SSD, the performance increase is significant.
Plan on getting another one soon, then will have 3 of 5 computers in the house with SSDs. The other two are single hard drive bay set ups and may get one later.

Everything runs better/faster with SSDs, OS, all apps, updates, virus scans, etc.

 

[richnrockville]

I have two laptops with SSD's for the C drive. I really enjoy how fast they are on boot. I went and bought a 240Gig SSD for my main laptop and replaced the D drive which really speeds up the machine.

Really expensive at first but now the price is coming down to a more reasonable price.

But expensive is all relative. I paid $800 for a 30 Megabyte Hard disk quite a few years ago. (MEGABYTES)

Rich

 

[LittleJay]

I have two SSDs. One in my PC and another in my laptop. I would have a very difficult time going back to running an OS from anything with less capability than what an SSD gives me at the present.

 

[James7679]

Just recently switched the OS drive on my Gaming rig. I have been very happy with the results.

Although, I will say this;

This is still a fairly new technology. All the bugs have not been worked out. Just like any other component for a computer, there are definitely compatibility issues with the SSD media. Of course this isn't talked about very often, because no one has taken the time to test components to ensure stability and know what plays well with what. I am certain that after about 4-5 more years, all of the issues with the SSD media will be worked out just in time for the next new storage media to be released.

 

[Zahl]

Its the best upgrade one can make in my honest opinion so option 1

 

[pparks1]

Cast your vote!

Inspired by this thread:

http://www.sevenforums.com/news/214653-ssds-have-bleak-future-researchers-say.html

The purpose is to:

A) Gauge the satisfaction (or lack thereof) of current or past users of an SSD.
B) Gauge the interest level among those who do not have one

Vote, then add any additional thoughts in a post below.

If you own one and like it, tell us the reason(s).
If you own(ed) one and hate it, was it defective? Just not what you expected?
If you don't own one but want one, why haven't you bought one yet? (Price too high, waiting for higher capacity drives, etc.)
If you just plain don't want one, what are your reasons?

I bought an Intel X25-M2 80GB about 2 years ago. I bought it at the time to see what the hype was all about. Although it was $289, I haven't regretted the purchase whatsoever. While some will maintain they don't need faster boots and apps start almost instantly already...there are so many immeasurables like running updates, shutdowns, not having to defrag, quick virus scans and malware scans, etc.

I now have one in my laptop at work. We have 3 year old laptops and considered getting new hardware. Instead, we replaced the 7,200 RPM mechanical drive with an SSD and it's like everyone got a new laptop. Everybody is quite pleased with performance.

And now that mechanical drives aren't so cheap, and SSD prices have dropped, it's not as shocking anymore to buy the SSD.

If you want the 1 upgrade that will provide a solid bang for the buck, the SSD is it.

With all that said, I still have desktops at work that I use daily, and at home, that don't have SSD's and it's not a showstopper. It's only my really high performance boxes where I would feel it necessary to have an SSD.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

started with one 64gb and was an instant convert. Now have 3 two 128's and I used the original 64gb for my girlfriends banging system which she doesn't even know she loves???? the second 128 in the lappy is flat out amazing and it added at least 2 hours to the battery run time.

 

[pparks1]

Oddly enough, I didn't see any improvement whatsoever in my battery life on our laptops when we converted them to the Intel 320 Series SSD's. I was expecting a change there.

On a side note, I love the SSD as it's dead silent with 0 case vibration too.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Oh and don't forget the lower heat generated as well. Still get heat off the CPU but that's it zero off the drive. But if I were to put a percentage to the extended battery life I would say 20-30% minimum. But my lappy is also only months old and it's battery is fresh.