Which SSD right NOW?

[wpcoe]

If you are writing precompressed (ie. uncompressible) data to the SSD, it uses more space and will have higher write amplification and less "spare area". You get to store more files on the ssd this way, but, theoretically, it will make it less robust.

You mean only on a Sandforce SSD, right, since Sandforce uses its own compression when it can?

 

[drizek]

No, I mean absolutely nothing. I reread that and it is totally wrong, or at least the last part is. You can't actually store more files on the SSD.

But yes, the variable write amplification is a sandforce thing.

 

[finbarqs]

so right now, SSD's <- in it's current state, is still slower than Actual RAM?

 

[drizek]

lol, yes, by a huge, huge, huge margin.

But it is still fast enough that if you use it as swap, as I do in my macbook Air, it allows you to get away with not having very much ram. 2GB is enough for me to run my apps, even things like Garageband.

Of course, you shouldn't use an SSD as swap, but when Apple charges $100 to upgrade to 4GB of ram, I figure I'd rather save the money and use it to get a larger SSD once I kill the stock one.

 

[finbarqs]

Damn... so much for RAM Drives in laptops...