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OK, I'll repeat my response here, for the sake of continuing the discussion. Random read and write performance better matches my usage patterns, so I'm not very interested in (IMO) inflated max transfer numbers. For example, look at the charts in this part of a recent AnandTech SSD round-up...

Still looking for an answer to the original question... Are the 1.8" and 2.5" 44-pin IDE connectors compatible? No one knows?

IME, max write speed tells you almost nothing about real-world performance, unless all you're ever doing is moving massive files around (which I'm not). Also, the drive you're using for comparison is pretty new drive, not a 5-year old model. What's in the machine now is a 60GB ATA-5 drive that...

I recently came across someone selling some surplus units of the DuraDrive ET (PATA/IDE version) at what seems like a remarkably good price for an SLC drive. I was looking for an inexpensive but decent SSD for an older tablet and this might fit the bill nicely (apart from having to adapt the...

Have a look at the spec sheet on the page I linked to, or the pictures below. The 1.8" version has what looks like a regular 44-pin IDE connector on it. It's mounted along one of the long sides instead one one of the short sides. (The long side of a 1.8" drive is the same width as the...

I've looked and looked (on eBay and elsewhere) and haven't found such a thing, so I'd be most grateful if someone could point me to an actual instance of one. Even to an example of someone who has homebrewed one.

I was looking at the Runcore Pro IV (Indilinx), but distribution is a bit a problem. Suffice it to say that, for me in Canada, I'm looking at a total cost of about $230 and that's more than I wanted to spend for this particular case. I haven't been considering the Transcend because of the...

Why not, Blain? Is there a difference in performance between an 1.8" SSD and a 2.5" SSD?

I'm looking for an 2.5" IDE SSD, but so far I'm not finding many affordable options. Surprisingly (to me), there are a lot more options in the 1.8" size, so I began looking into whether there were adapters available. So far, I haven't found anything, and then I came across the spec sheet for a...