[SOLVED] Thinking of getting a SSD.....

[CJ Master]

Hello,

I'm thinking of getting a solid state drive.

I was just wondering if any of you knew any companies that made them Cheap and reliable?

[zmjjmz]

What size are you looking for? Because cheap and reliable is easily gotten if you just pull one out of a poor unsuspecting netbook.

[Skripka]

If you want meaningful capacity (as large as many mid-size mp3 players), expect to fork out some $$$$$.....

[CJ Master]

I'm not that picky about sizes.

Ubuntu is about 1gb right? Well my apps along with it aught to be another 1-2 gigs, and maybe some breathing space would be nice...

So maybe a 4gb disk if I'm trying to be cheap. External's prefered but if I gotta I can use internal too.


...By the way, is there any way to use my old drive and the ssd? That'd be reallly nice.

[zmjjmz]

Wait, external's preferred?
Well then why not get a 4GB flash drive? They're dirt cheap.

[zoomy942]

I will tell you man... SSD is the way to go. I have ubuntu (my test install) running off a USB stick and man is it fast.

Boots in a fraction what my HD does. i LOVE it

[Skripka]

I'm not that picky about sizes.

Ubuntu is about 1gb right? Well my apps along with it aught to be another 1-2 gigs, and maybe some breathing space would be nice...

So maybe a 4gb disk if I'm trying to be cheap. External's prefered but if I gotta I can use internal too.


...By the way, is there any way to use my old drive and the ssd? That'd be reallly nice.

well, you'll want/need to keep at least 30% of the drive free--you also lose space as a result of partitioning ergo you'll be wanting at least a 6GB disk IMHO.

FYI-My Kubuntu Ibex /root partition eats 4GB with all my needed libraries/apps etc....there's lots of stuff in there-but if you ant to keep it down to 1GB you'll be running lean.

[zoomy942]

you could also get a 16GB thumbdrive and just run ubuntu off that.

Disable your onboard HD and simply install to the flash drive. the 16GB ones are only like $30

[CJ Master]

Well there's the problem, you're using kubuntu. I don't know if KDE uses more space the Gnome or not.

Edit: Zoomy, except for the problem that those aren't nearly as fast.

[zoomy942]

true, but for me in my ultra portable tablet, it comes with a paltry 4200RPM 1.8" hard drive...so EVERYTHING is faster