j1232 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 who still shops at macmall? LOL I havnt seen macmall in like 5 years . . . Crazy. I remember when I purchased my Zip Drive from MacMall back in 1998 or 1999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kami- Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 who still shops at macmall? LOL I havnt seen macmall in like 5 years . . . Crazy. I remember when I purchased my Zip Drive from MacMall back in 1998 or 1999 Obviously some people do or else it'd be shut down... Charisma 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Account no longer active) Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Whatever you buy, remember to backup regularly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 SSDs are still not worth it for regular PCs. A Seagate Ive found with 4TB is set at $188. Until there is a SSD with 4TB at about 200-250, it isnt worth it. If you are obsessed with performance, then yes but for 90% of computer users, no. This type of mindset is just plain stupid. You don't use SSD's to store data... :| You use the SSD's as a boot drive, and use HDD's to store all your data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Awesome! Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kami- Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 This type of mindset is just plain stupid. You don't use SSD's to store data... :| You use the SSD's as a boot drive, and use HDD's to store all your data. Becareful calling things 'stupid', I used the term moronic and got a warn level increase ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted April 2, 2013 Veteran Share Posted April 2, 2013 Becareful calling things 'stupid', I used the term moronic and got a warn level increase ;) only if you called a person that would you get warned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Becareful calling things 'stupid', I used the term moronic and got a warn level increase ;) only if you called a person that would you get warned I'm not calling the person stupid - it's just that people need to change their mindset when it comes to SSD's - they're really not ideal for high capacity storage at the moment because of their price/GB. You can attain a decent 128 GB SSD for less than $130, and use that as your boot drive/programs, while you use your high capacity HDD for storing documents, pictures, movies, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted April 2, 2013 Veteran Share Posted April 2, 2013 I'm not calling the person stupid - it's just that people need to change their mindset when it comes to SSD's - they're really not ideal for high capacity storage at the moment because of their price/GB. You can attain a decent 128 GB SSD for less than $130, and use that as your boot drive/programs, while you use your high capacity HDD for storing documents, pictures, movies, etc. That's why I have a 128GB SSD for my OS/boot/programs and a 3TB mirrored RAID array for all my storage :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 SSDs are still not worth it for regular PCs. A Seagate Ive found with 4TB is set at $188. Until there is a SSD with 4TB at about 200-250, it isnt worth it. If you are obsessed with performance, then yes but for 90% of computer users, no. What you use an SSD for is to speed up OS loads and (at best) most-used software - not as a whole-system drive. An ideal *desktop* tag-team is an SSD of 128GB (such as the smaller SAMSUNG 840Pro) and a 2TB or larger HDD for all other use. An SSD - even on SATA controllers that support a *mere* SATA 3.0g (such as Intel's ICH7) will still eat the fastest HDDs for lunch in typical desktop usage; Tom's Hardware recently re-confirmed this point (http://bit.ly/ZRdUpn). Why else have SSDs caught on for notebooks and even legacy laptops as a quick upgrade? Charisma 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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