Underwhelmed With SSD?

Those are some pretty nice demos recorded by NCIX btw, I'm surprised they got that done so fast w/a Vertex LE (since it just came out)... I'd say the difference in some of the tests actually is underwhelming when you put it in context (most people probably don't care about a 15s difference during bootup, 'specially on a desktop, even if it seems huge to us enthusiasts), but others are surprising even to me and I've owned a SSD for a while now... I wasn't aware that my SSD was having such a big impact when Alt+Tab'ing out of a game (I haven't gamed much since I built this system in May, 'specially during summer before I installed the SSD in August, since I was traveling).

Edit: The preview video (2nd link I think?) where he had IE loading on startup was much better done than the official video imo, it shows that the actual difference in bootup time to a fully usable system is closer to 30s on a system w/stuff loading at startup or if you intend to open anything immediately after startup... That's not visible at all on the final clip where he just has MSN Messenger coming up.
 
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This topic has been beaten to death..

Zero mechanical noise and less power consumption makes it worth getting it.. Let alone the speed which is superior to mechanical.
 
smesx said:
Finally got my Intel X25-M 80GB (G2) yesterday. After 24 hours I have to say I'm damn impressed with it. It took 10 minutes start to finish to install W7. All apps are freaky quick (Chrome especially) Havnt tried games or photoshop yet. I would say im overwhelmed rather than underwhelmed.
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chrome boot time improved?!? lol i cant wait to see that because its already so damn fast. mines in the mail right now (intel x25M 80GB
 
Elledan said:
The real question is 'is the SSD Nx faster than the HDD?', where N is the price per GB of an SSD divided by that of an HDD. 2x doesn't even come close, so for most people it'd have to do a lot better than that to be worth it. If SSDs were twice or just as expensive as HDDs/GB, it'd be an entirely different story.

SSDs are bloody expensive. Unless you have more money than sense you better have a darn good reason to use one over an HDD.
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depends on which metric you are on. If you are bothered by the bandwidth, then SSD is not that much faster. If you are bothered by seek times on HDD, then SSD is 100xs times faster than HDD.
 
guess most of you guys are using windows, which seems to have been forgotten as the ULTIMATE bottleneck. I ran ubuntu on a SSD Lexar foolishness Expresscard and windows xp on a 7200PM drive and it still impressed (although firefox and hulu weren't the happiest). How is the boost in ubuntu for the X25-M? I'll buy in when the prices drop this summer.
 
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