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DUH! Question of the day: Is it worth upgrading your notebook to an SSD drive?

@ 2009/05/13

OCZ sent me one of their fancy new Hypersonic notebooks around this time last year and today it is still quite a powerhouse for what I do with it, especially considering its size. People often mistake it for a netbook, but then see how quick she runs with its speedy Intel mobile Core 2 Duo T9300 and 4GB of memory. I usually upgrade notebooks regularly (once a year), but this baby still delivers quite a punch. But what could we do to give it extra boost?

We decided to run some tests and see if it would be worthwhile or not upgrading our notebook from a standard notebook hard disk drive to a shiny new SSD - in particular, the Intel X25-M 80GB SATA drive. And don't worry, we upgraded to the latest Intel firmware for its X18 and X25 series of SSD drives, which is designed to improve performance.

Comment from jmke @ 2009/05/13

Dell customers don't have a clue what SSDs are good or bad; Dell sales people don't know; end result: makes zero difference

Comment from Rutar @ 2009/05/13

yes, but you don't know what you are getting

By using brand name SSDs that have been proven to be fast, you make your offer more attractive.

Comment from jmke @ 2009/05/13

SSDs have been an option for Dell systems since last summer

Comment from Rutar @ 2009/05/13

there are many devices above 1k and there you need a good reason for people to buy them

Especially if you are Dell, you need a USP and you got a system where such an OPTION does not cause a lot of cost.

Comment from jmke @ 2009/05/13

because OEMs are all about cost; and adding a $300 drive in a $500-700 device is not really smart choice at this point in time

Comment from Rutar @ 2009/05/13

A better question:

Why is Intel not pushing this drive into OEM PCs and why aren't OEMs asking Intel for it?

Comment from jmke @ 2009/05/13

Of course it is!
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