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Newegg has the OCZ Vertex Plus OCZSSD2-1VTXPL60G 2.5" 60GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive for $55 - $20 rebate [Exp 5/31] = $35 with free shipping. Features 180 MB/s read & 90 MB/s write speeds, up to 12,000 IOPS, and 1,500,000 MTBF hours.
$35
damn no feedback yet. how is 60gb as the primary drive? interested to improve boot and app launch time.
This one isn't a lot faster than a 7200RPM spinner. For a little more you can buy something that reads/writes at speeds in the 500MB/s range, which can reinvigorate even an old computer.
However, this can improve battery life and shock resistance... and if you don't store videos or photo/music libraries, the size is fine.
And the price is stunning.
This should improve your boot your speed by at least 15 seconds over a 7200 rpm drive.
The sequential transfer speed (read/write) aren't what is going to reinvigorate an old computer, it's the random read/write speed that do that. This will smoke any hard drive in terms of responsiveness/feel.
If you don't believe that, you've never had the pleasure of using one. I've put one in my wife's laptop (a Vertex 3) and an original Agility in my in-law's desktop; both have been great.
#2, older pc is probably sata2 so 500MB/s is out.
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don't expect it to last very long - mine died after 6 months
this one is not good. mine disfunction in about 2 months, and replaced with another one, not too much faster than a 7200RPM