(OT) Questions About SSDs for a Laptop

[Stephen Partington]

If you have the option of mSATA and Sata in general i would use the mSATA
for pretty much everything, and then a hybrid or std drive for the 1TB
volume. The system will be very fast and snappy, and then you can save a
few bills on your general storage. I have been really keen on the new
Crucial SSD's they are releasing over the Samsung. if you have access m.2
is a fantastic thing to consider as it is PCIe instead of SATA.
m.2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2
Crucial SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148793


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>
wrote:

> I am looking at a new Linux laptop, and I have the option of a mSata SSD
> drive or a conventional drive. I am considering a 1 TB Samsung 840 EVO
> mSata SSD for the OS and all my partitions.
>
> 1. Are there any reasons not to use a SSD for the full disk, as opposed to
> just for the OS? Other than saving money, as a small SSD would cost a lot
> less!
>
> 2. I have seen recommendations on the net to backup the drive to a
> spinning drive. The laptop has a couple of bays, so I could put a back up
> drive in one of the bays. Does this make sense, or have SSDs matured enough
> that they will last like a spinning drive?
>
> 3. Anything else I should be aware of when moving to the world of SSDs?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
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