Solid State Drives (SSD) Linux

[C M Reinehr]

On Sat 24 May 2008 12:14, A. Khattri wrote:
> On Mon, 19 May 2008, C M Reinehr wrote:
> > I have an EeePC that I bought a few months ago and, while it probably
> > boots a little slower than my desktop, it's not painfully slow. (Still
> > boots faster than Windows. ;-) I notice it less when I'm booting than
> > when I'm working, but it's hard to tell whether that's the slow processor
> > or the SSD.
>
> Of course, Psion pioneered the use of SSD's in handheld devices back in
> the 80s...
>
> I also own the EEE (8Gb Surf) but its too small (disk space I mean) for my
> use case (as a mobile development workstation), so I ended up buying the
> HP Mini-Note. The Mini has a larger, higher res screen, 92% full-size
> keyboard, 120Gb HD and looks nicer than EEE - all for $50 more than the 8G
> EEE. SuSE lasted 5 mins on the Mini before I wiped the drive and put
> Ubuntu on it...
>
>
> p.s. Anyone wanna buy a brand-new boxed 8G EEE with tweaked Xubuntu
> pre-installed? :-)

I'll be the first to admit that the EeePC is not a practical PC for work. For 
me it's just a compromise. I didn't want to carry a PDA every day of the week 
so this gives me the possibility of checking my email & doing a little 
web-surfing when I'm on a trip. (Otherwise, I'm sitting here chained to my 
desk. ;-)

Cheers!

cmr
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