[ubuntu-us-ma] SSD in regular laptop? or Accelerometer?

John Abreau jabr at blu.org
Mon Feb 22 03:17:48 GMT 2010


My mistake. Someone had posted a link to a Western Digital series of SSDs,
and when I looked them up, I found the 120 GB model listed for over $5,000.
I didn't check for other SSDs.



On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 7:27 AM, Bill Simonds <wtsimonds at gmail.com> wrote:
> Huh? It looks like they're about $375.00. Try this joint, it says they
> carry some legacy stuff for older computers. Corsair memory has a good
> reputation for quality.
>
> http://www.corsair.com/products/ssd_home.aspx
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 4:41 AM, John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:
>> With a list price of over $5,000, a 128GB SSD seems a bit expensive for
>> retrofitting an old laptop...
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> *now* I remember the question I wanted to ask last night ...
>>>
>>> I am considering how to bump-proof a Thinkpad T60 laptop harddrive. Google
>>> usually finds answers but ...
>>>
>>> a) is there a simple way to enable the Thinkpad's accelerometer to park the
>>> HD before impact? so far I have found 'it's hard' ...
>>>
>>> b) is a modern large (60GB or 128GB) SSD usable as a straight replacement
>>> for a PATA/IDE laptop drive, or do I need to prevent swap/hibernate and
>>> remount multiple directories as tempfs , noatime, border, with erase
>>> alignment, etc? web pages offer different opinions, debunking each other.
>>>
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