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Offline bacillus

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Re: External Storage advice
« Reply #30 on: June 30, 2011, 07:29:07 pm »
I hope RR doesn't get that toshiba 256GB ssd with his system as the 4K and 4K-16 speeds leave alot to be desired when compared to the latest ssds.

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Re: External Storage advice
« Reply #31 on: June 30, 2011, 07:30:27 pm »
Maybe start a new SSD thread...  :happy2:
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Re: External Storage advice
« Reply #32 on: June 30, 2011, 11:00:53 pm »
Quote from: richwig83 on June 30, 2011, 05:23:17 pm
Just pulled the plug on one of these...

http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-western-digital-my-book-studio-ii-2tb-fw-400-800-esata-usb2-/p1033166

2TB should keep me going a while.

....Coincidentally I was reading a Mac mag in WHSmith's 'public' library today which reviewed the 8TB version favourably.
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Re: External Storage advice
« Reply #33 on: June 30, 2011, 11:03:49 pm »
Quote from: bacillus on June 30, 2011, 07:29:07 pm

I hope RR doesn't get that toshiba 256GB ssd with his system as the 4K and 4K-16 speeds leave alot to be desired when compared to the latest ssds.


....I've no idea whether it'll be a Toshiba SSD or not but quite frankly the whole iMac will be plenty fast enough! It's not a race.
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Re: External Storage advice
« Reply #34 on: June 30, 2011, 11:07:10 pm »
Quote from: RedRobin on June 30, 2011, 11:00:53 pm
Quote from: richwig83 on June 30, 2011, 05:23:17 pm
Just pulled the plug on one of these...

http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-western-digital-my-book-studio-ii-2tb-fw-400-800-esata-usb2-/p1033166

2TB should keep me going a while.

....Coincidentally I was reading a Mac mag in WHSmith's 'public' library today which reviewed the 8TB version favourably.

Excellent... touch wood it will come tomorrow  :happy2:
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Re: External Storage advice
« Reply #35 on: July 02, 2011, 07:25:23 am »
Quote from: bacillus on June 30, 2011, 12:32:24 am
Quote from: RedRobin on June 30, 2011, 12:01:47 am

....Sounds like a good tip  :happy2: I was planning to install the OS on the SSD - Does it defrag automatically or only on command via Disk Utilities? I'm still on 10.4.11 Leopard on this iMac.


I'm a PC man but the general rules when using an ssd is to avoid writing tons of data to it as unlike a spinning platter hdd, the ssd can "wear out" as the nand it uses can only be written to and erased so many times.


....I'm told that a SSD can be expected to last about 10 years in normal use and that the Mac OS will not defrag it. Any defragging of the main drive is done by the OS in the background as housekeeping.

I've just been given 11th July as my delivery date and it has been shipped  :pomppomp: :jumpmove: :pomppomp: :jumpmove: :pomppomp: :jumpmove: :star:
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Re: External Storage advice
« Reply #36 on: July 02, 2011, 09:57:53 am »
Here she is...


2TB by Rich Wigley, on Flickr

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