Re: Upgrade old laptop with SSD

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Author: Brian Cluff
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Upgrade old laptop with SSD
On 02/29/2016 07:28 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> From what I understand, SSDs that are often-written wear out much
> faster if they're more than 80% or 90% full. A good reason to go
> larger rather than smaller.


I was going to mention this as well in my reply but I guess I forgot.

I always buy more than what I need as well. It's hard for the wear
leveling to spread out writes to unused areas of the drive when the
drive is near full.

Brian Cluff

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