First - The SSD will outlast your use of the computer - even if it becomes your new favorite toy. The life time of these drive is just not much of a problem. When it does die, your new hotness laptop will be ready to take it's place as the handmedown. Second - a couple things to check - what connector does the laptop use? most likely it is a SATA plug, good to check before the purchase. You should also check that there are drivers for the SSD for Window7 - isn't that one out of support? enjoy have a renewed laptop On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 9:09 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > But not an inconceivable amount more. I mainly suggest it because of the > warranty. > > On Feb 29, 2016 8:06 PM, "Keith Smith" wrote: >> >> Thank you for your feedback Stephen!! >> >> I assume you are recommending Samsung Evo 850? >> >> I was looking at the Kingston because of price. One of the ratings said >> Kingston was not as fast as others. You said "Samsung Evo 850....(they are >> also wicked fast)". >> >> The cost more too. >> >> >> >> On 2016-02-29 09:44, Stephen Partington wrote: >>> >>> The lifespan will depend entirely on the number of Writes the drive >>> will incur. The first thing you want to do once the Os is installed is >>> to reduce this. If you have enough ram and are comfortable with nos >>> wap go for it. If you want the backup i would suggest pushing >>> swappiness all the way over so that it is used only if there is no >>> ram. >>> >>> Most SSD's will give you a 3 year warranty. Samsung with their Evo 850 >>> drives and the new vnand are offering 5 year warranty. (they are also >>> wicked fast). >>> >>> That being said. with minimal writes I have seen older SSD's last for >>> much longer than their supplied 3 year warranty (I have one that is >>> pushing 6 right now). >>> >>> With an SSD the general user experience will be pretty good, but >>> Anytime you run updates it will still crawl, regardless fo the SSD :-) >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Keith Smith >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have an older laptop. Not sure when I bought it. I'm thinking I >>>> bought it before 2009, however the CPU is an AMD 3300M which >>>> according to what I am reading was not in production until 2011. It >>>> has 4G of RAM and a 500GB HD. It's running Win7, which is a little >>>> slow. >>>> >>>> I was thinking of replacing the HD with an SSD and potentially >>>> making it into a "Chromebook".... (Thunderbird/Libre Office/ Chrome >>>> Browser) I'm reading the SSD's are 10x faster than the HD. There >>>> has been prior discussions about breathing life into old hardware by >>>> replacing the HD with SSD and installing Linux (now we are on >>>> topic). >>>> >>>> Initially I was thinking a small SSD since I will probably never >>>> use this laptop in production... But you never know. If these mods >>>> work out I might dual boot it - Win7 / Mint 17 KDE. >>>> >>>> Newegg is selling a 240G Kingston SSD for $65 which is probably way >>>> more storage than I would ever need. >>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820721108 [1] >>>> >>>> What type of lifespan should I expect for an SSD with moderate >>>> usage? >>>> >>>> Anything specific I should be looking at? >>>> >>>> Thank you so much for your help!! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Keith Smith >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [2] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> >>> >>> Links: >>> ------ >>> [1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820721108 >>> [2] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> -- >> Keith Smith >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss