New Computer

William

First, I want to say I am sorry for this topic yet again.  I know It has been discussed ad nausseum and I want a bit more but here it is anyway....

My question lies in the SSD.  Are they really improving things now?  I have seen some responses here in the forums that they did but some did not see the benefit.   I am sure some other hardware will slow down the SSD throughput.   { Get behind grandma and your Bughetti Veyron........) 

What do I need to make sure the computer has for best use? 

It will likely be a Dell system and it seems only a 32GB or 64GB SSD with a HDD.  I assume they will install basics to SSD.  I could try to move it.....and get just Logos on SSD  Could just keep it.????  Thoughts??

Or maybe keep my mind at ease and just get a simple HDD and not worry bout the speed......I really feel like Kissing it but I am not adverse to technology when it is truely tried and tested......and beneficial....

Paul-C

I'm a mac user and installing a SSD is the single best upgrade I've made to any computer I've owned - period.  

The price I paid for a SSD (about 12 months ago) is about double what you can buy that same drive for now, and I still consider it worth every penny!  32GB / 64GB are both small drives, and the price of SSDs has come down so much, perhaps you could consider upgrading it.  I saw a 128GB SSD advertised here in the UK for about £40.00 (approx. US$62).  The prices have come down so much, I'm considering removing the optical drive from my macbook pro and installing a second SSD!  [Please note that I did max out the RAM (8GB) on my computer at the same time I upgraded to the SSD, so my Ford Focus has now become a Bugatti Veyron... [H]]

One thing to double check is whether your computer has SATA II or SATA III connections.  My mid-2009 macbook pro has only SATA II, and this means that the speed at which the SSD operates is lower than if I had SATA III connections.  I'm still delighted with the results, so if your computer allowed the SSD to operate at SATA III speeds, I'm sure you'd be even more impressed. 

Mike Binks

Hi William.

My MacBook Air only has SSD. Logos (despite, I understand, its poor support for multi-threading and limited addressing capability) really flies along.

I think that given the way Logos uses hard drive storage SSD must be the way to go.