SSD isn't good at a lot of repetitive writes, since it causes actual degradation of the memory cells. For repetitive reads, they work very well.
My desktop machine uses an ssd for the OS and core programs, and a 2Tb WD drive for everything else like caching and storage. I also make use of the 8Gb of ram, whenever I do video work or audio work it's on a ramdisk, same with kernel compilation. Walt On Dec 24, 2011 1:06 PM, "Allan Streib" <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> writes: > > > Believe it or not, the 12" PowerBooks are still in great demand within > > the Mac community. That particular model struck a great balance > > between portability and power, and was used heavily in the Mac > > business community. > > > > Resale values on these models are exceptionally high despite their age > > and lack on Intel processors. If you have one that's in good shape > > it's easily worth half of what it sold for new. > > Good to know, as I type this on my 12" PowerBook G4. I recently maxed > out the RAM, considered putting in an SSD but I heard some horror > stories from some colleagues. They went to SSDs in their development > machines (so they wouldn't have to wait so long for Visual Studio > builds) and all was great for a few months, then they had a rash of > failures. Now they all have scheduled tasks to back up their SSDs to a > file server every night. > > I switched my main browser from Safari 4 to TenFourFox (now building > Firefox 9) which works great. No Flash, but that's a benefit most of > the time, and for the rare occasion when I want to watch something on > YouTube I use MacTubes. > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > 1979 300SD > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
