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I got a question about adding an SSD to a laptop using the slot for DVD-R. I am wondering why I would add a SSD to my laptop, other than to use it as a swap drive. It would be cheaper for me to use an external HDD or install a hdd via the DVD-r slot for increased storage. I am sure there are some other uses besides that, however I cannot think of any at the moment.
 
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SSDs (solid state memory) are the incoming generation in the world of storage drives.
The are faster (which is reflected in small speeding for normal tasks, and big speeding for more taxing operations such as OS boot up), consume no energy and produce no heat, while being very light.
As you see, it's things that factor for a portable computer.
Regarding reliability, Intel Toshiba Samsung SanDisk would all be safe picks (I'd avoid OCZ).

Just keep in mind an SSD's life and operation are longer and easier if 20/30 GB are left empty, thus a 240GB is the smallest dimension I suggest you.
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While SSD' s can still be a bit pricey, they are magnitudes faster than a laptop 5,400RPM HDD. Also, if you happen to carry your laptop around a lot the likelihood of damaging the data on a SSD is negligible whereas a 3 foot drop could, maybe, render a HDD unusable. So, if you're serious about data retention; notes, spreadsheets, reports, etc., an SSD is the way to go-games-not so much, they're easily replaceable.
 
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Well yes there is that, but really those things are quite small compared to everything else. I mean both are really quite reliable if they are decent quality. The noise, weight, heat, and battery power are nice little bonus but speed really is the winning contribute.
 
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SSDs (solid state memory) are the incoming generation in the world of storage drives.
The are faster (which is reflected in small speeding for normal tasks, and big speeding for more taxing operations such as OS boot up), consume no energy and produce no heat, while being very light.
As you see, it's things that factor for a portable computer.
Regarding reliability, Intel Toshiba Samsung SanDisk would all be safe picks (I'd avoid OCZ).

Just keep in mind an SSD's life and operation are longer and easier if 20/30 GB are left empty, thus a 240GB is the smallest dimension I suggest you.
 
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While most of this is very true for a desktop, for a laptop, all these added bonuses in my opinion are just as important as speed. In fact, unless you are trying to game on a laptop, I would say that these bonuses would be the main reason to get an SSD, and speed would become the nice bonus.
 
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Eh both view points are reasonable. They do have several advantages just what is deemed most important will vary from person to person. I was a bit short when I said they have no real use outside of performance boost cause obviously they do but that is just cause I look more heavily at the performance side.
 
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Thats not quite true, they still consume energy and produce heat. They are still electronic devices, just they do so much less than HDDs.

Also OCZ isn't bad no reason to avoid them. In fact they are owned by Toshiba and use Toshiba NAND. You should avoid PNY though. Also Silicon Micro. Both seem to be pretty bad. I've use one from Team Group which works well for me so some small makers are good, just not all of them.

P.S. If you get one I would advise using NTFS compression. I haven't noticed any change in performance on anything after enabling it, and on my 240GB SSD that I had 220GB used, it freed up an extra 20GB. So it has a pretty big help on tight space.
 
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