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Validus · 02-15-2008, 09:00 PM

I am looking to speed up my notebook a little. Got the 4 GB in today, the guy said upgrading my hard drive in my notebook would also help a good amount.

Anybody here have the Samsung Hybrid?

rowan · 02-15-2008, 11:33 PM

I've seen a couple of reviews that said it wasn't that much different in performance to a mechanical HD. If you're looking for speed (which is obviously one of the benefits of SSD) then it may be a good idea to wait a little longer until other models are released, and prices come down. Otherwise you're paying $$$ more for a rugged drive that does the same thing your current one does.

iwantchixx · 02-16-2008, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Validus

I am looking to speed up my notebook a little. Got the 4 GB in today, the guy said upgrading my hard drive in my notebook would also help a good amount.

Anybody here have the Samsung Hybrid?

The only way you would get benefit from it is if you were able to run two hard drives, use the hybrid as the swap and boot "os" drive then the second 'mechanical' based one as the program and storage drive.

Also your laptop would have to have a fast Sata interface. Not all support mode II like desktops do. If it only supports mode 1 then you wont get any benefit at all.

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Validus Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 4,012	The Samsung Hybrid Hard Drive, anybody use it? Good? I am looking to speed up my notebook a little. Got the 4 GB in today, the guy said upgrading my hard drive in my notebook would also help a good amount. Anybody here have the Samsung Hybrid?

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rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	I've seen a couple of reviews that said it wasn't that much different in performance to a mechanical HD. If you're looking for speed (which is obviously one of the benefits of SSD) then it may be a good idea to wait a little longer until other models are released, and prices come down. Otherwise you're paying $$$ more for a rugged drive that does the same thing your current one does.