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tommyrot - Jan 08, 2009 1:20:24 pm PST #8717 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Here it is: SanDisk's affordable 240GB SSD: 7x faster than a hard disk

OK, I was off a bit on capacity....

Available this summer for around $500, this 2.5-inch SATA drive is as fast as it is affordable. Using a marketing term SanDisk invented, the drive is rated at 40,000 VRPM, or Virtual Revolutions Per Minute. What that means to the rest of us is that the drive should perform about 7 times faster than a typical hard drive, giving us faster boot times and more responsive programs. We'll be saving up.

eta: This is normal desktop drive sized (physical), not laptop sized like Gud's link.

eta²: I think. Hard to tell. It looks smaller than a desktop drive but bigger than a laptop drive?

Connie Neil - Jan 08, 2009 1:23:11 pm PST #8718 of 25501
brillig

t still waiting to fill up my humungous-to-me 70gig hard drive

omnis_audis - Jan 08, 2009 1:30:44 pm PST #8719 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

t thinks Connie needs more music & video's

(eta not an s but a t)

Connie Neil - Jan 08, 2009 1:32:08 pm PST #8720 of 25501
brillig

thinks I need a better network connection and faster processor before I do that

omnis_audis - Jan 08, 2009 1:33:15 pm PST #8721 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

ha! funny cross post. I did the S by accident.

javachik - Jan 08, 2009 2:07:42 pm PST #8722 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

I forgot what thread I was in and was about to rant on the selling of dogs. Oooops.

NoiseDesign - Jan 08, 2009 2:08:11 pm PST #8723 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

still waiting to fill up my humungous-to-me 70gig hard drive

Um, I've got 2 TB in this room, another 1 TB on the computer in the next room, and another 1 TB in the back room connected to my router.

tommyrot - Jan 08, 2009 2:10:21 pm PST #8724 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I forgot what thread I was in and was about to rant on the selling of dogs. Oooops.

You'd be in the right place if they were electronic dogs....

Jessica - Jan 08, 2009 3:10:11 pm PST #8725 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Palm's new phone (and OS) look pretty nice

Damn. Almost makes me wish I hadn't jumped to the iPhone so fast. (Oh copy-paste and real keys, how I miss you!)

beekaytee - Jan 08, 2009 3:10:48 pm PST #8726 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

Okay troops, I'm stepping away from the noose I made from an ethernet cord and am coming to you for decision-point advice.

I've done everything humanly possible with my existing technology and have failed.

Hearing my tale of woe, a friend has lent me $500...more debt. yay.

Please help me figure out three things:

1) Will this Samsung monitor be compatible with a Mac mini? It has a 15 pin D sub-connector and one of those square usb ports but I'm not sure if there is an adapter that would make it work with the Mini.

2) Is a place like DV Warehouse reputable for refurbished minis?

2a) Do you have a favorite vendor I can trust?

3) What configuration do I really need to make sure I don't end up back in the...not enough memory, not compatible with emerging technology, just plain useless...territory I've find myself in now? What is going to work for more than the next 2 years?

Signed, Woeful in Washington

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