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SSD advice requested

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chazmataz

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During the recent sales, I finally took the plunge and ordered both a
30GB Vertex for $60 AR and a
60GB Vertex 2 for $132 AR/BCB

I have two computers, a desktop with a crappy nVidia 6100 chipset motherboard w/2GB,
and a Dell 1720 laptop w/4GB (which has two hard drive slots). I want to put one drive in each, but I'm not sure which drive would be best where.

The desktop is 'always-on' and doesn't need sleep or hibernation.
Both PC's boot primarily into WIndows XP, with Ubuntu 10.04 as an alternate.
The laptop also has a OSX 10.5.8 installation on a 10GB partition, but I don't use it that much.

1) Is it worth it to put Windows 7 on these machines? Any advice on how to acquire a student-priced legal copy? The de
2) If I stay with XP, is there a manual trim tool that I can use?
3) Any migration tools that will move the OS and Apps from a fairly large XP or Vista partition onto a properly aligned much smaller SSD partition?

TIA
 
1) Is it worth it to put Windows 7 on these machines? Any advice on how to acquire a student-priced legal copy?
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I have acquired 2 copies of Win 7 student. You need a separate . EDU or equivalent email address for each copy. Get the option to create an ISO image and make a clean install. Then reinstall your applications.

I have two computers, a desktop with a crappy nVidia 6100 chipset motherboard w/2GB,
and a Dell 1720 laptop w/4GB (which has two hard drive slots). I want to put one drive in each, but I'm not sure which drive would be best where.
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Well, look at how much space you are using on each system right now, and see which one needs the extra space. Most likely the laptop will get the bigger drive if you are tribooting it with OSX also. In either case, keep the old drive for bulk storage after you install the SSD.

3) Any migration tools that will move the OS and Apps from a fairly large XP or Vista partition onto a properly aligned much smaller SSD partition?
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I have used the free version of Macrium Reflect for transfering Windows XP partitions. But I had to use the copy program that came with my Kingston drive to move a Win 7 partition to the new drive.

Win 7 Student Upgrade

Don
 
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