I have an older Asus laptop that I am thinnking about doing a few things to kick up the performance. After reading a nice article on Tom's, I am thinking about moving to a SSD for boot. Right now I am still on XP SP3. The laptop has an eSATA connection so I can move my data drive to it and put the SSD internal for the OS.
The question is, for best performance and extending the lifetime of the SSD, is Windows 7 a given becuase of its ability to use TRIM? If I stay with XP will I just have a shorter lifespan of the SSD?
I know I need to move up OS wise anyway but I have a number of older apps that I still need to use. I would go for 7 Pro so I can have the virtual XP that hopefully will allow the use of these apps.
Thanks for the input,
Jeff
The question is, for best performance and extending the lifetime of the SSD, is Windows 7 a given becuase of its ability to use TRIM? If I stay with XP will I just have a shorter lifespan of the SSD?
I know I need to move up OS wise anyway but I have a number of older apps that I still need to use. I would go for 7 Pro so I can have the virtual XP that hopefully will allow the use of these apps.
Thanks for the input,
Jeff