Comments on: Lenovo Uses Samsung SSDs in ThinkPads – Safe From Performance Problems http://www.breakitdownblog.com/lenovo-uses-samsung-ssds-in-thinkpads-safe-from-performance-problems/ A technical, gaming and current-events news site Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:00:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Riyad Kalla http://www.breakitdownblog.com/lenovo-uses-samsung-ssds-in-thinkpads-safe-from-performance-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-18320 Riyad Kalla Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:48:45 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/?p=5972#comment-18320 Oh man that sounds unbelievably nice. I doubt I'll buy or build another computer come next year that doesn't have an SSD in it. I do Java EE dev in Eclipse, so you can imagine how appealing that is. Oh man that sounds unbelievably nice. I doubt I’ll buy or build another computer come next year that doesn’t have an SSD in it. I do Java EE dev in Eclipse, so you can imagine how appealing that is.

]]> By: Samuel Hale http://www.breakitdownblog.com/lenovo-uses-samsung-ssds-in-thinkpads-safe-from-performance-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-18306 Samuel Hale Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:19:42 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/?p=5972#comment-18306 Yea, I use Eclipse for PHP development ("Zend Studio"), and there isn't a whole lot in it yet (but it's also not like a stock Eclipse workspace either), but it was wonderful the first time I opened it. Took at least 30-45 seconds on my old machine. It also helps that my SSD is paired with a 2.8 GHz Core2 and 4GB of RAM, but nonetheless, fast load times are awesome. Oh, and to add to your drool... Vista boots from BIOS to Desktop in about 20 seconds. I don't even bother with sleep/hibernate very often anymore, cause it boots so fast. I tested Win7 a few days ago, and that was even quicker. The days of spinning disks and hovering needles are numbered... Yea, I use Eclipse for PHP development (”Zend Studio”), and there isn’t a whole lot in it yet (but it’s also not like a stock Eclipse workspace either), but it was wonderful the first time I opened it. Took at least 30-45 seconds on my old machine. It also helps that my SSD is paired with a 2.8 GHz Core2 and 4GB of RAM, but nonetheless, fast load times are awesome. Oh, and to add to your drool… Vista boots from BIOS to Desktop in about 20 seconds. I don’t even bother with sleep/hibernate very often anymore, cause it boots so fast. I tested Win7 a few days ago, and that was even quicker.

The days of spinning disks and hovering needles are numbered…

]]> By: Riyad Kalla http://www.breakitdownblog.com/lenovo-uses-samsung-ssds-in-thinkpads-safe-from-performance-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-18298 Riyad Kalla Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:12:15 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/?p=5972#comment-18298 The "Eclipse loads in 3 seconds" made me drool a little... I wonder if performance will keep up as the workspace gets beefier with index files and caches... if it does, I want one... REALLY BAD The “Eclipse loads in 3 seconds” made me drool a little… I wonder if performance will keep up as the workspace gets beefier with index files and caches… if it does, I want one… REALLY BAD

]]> By: Samuel Hale http://www.breakitdownblog.com/lenovo-uses-samsung-ssds-in-thinkpads-safe-from-performance-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-18287 Samuel Hale Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:09:39 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/?p=5972#comment-18287 Performance is pretty good actually. Standard SSD rules apply: very fast seek and random read performance, random write performance is only so-so. I do get decent sustained write performance though, better than many other consumer levels SSDs currently on the market. The biggest difference for me is the very responsive feel of the OS. Programs load almost instantly (with superfetch/prefetch turned off in vista), and while I haven't tried any really heavy apps yet, MS Office programs all load instantly, Eclipse IDE opens in about 3 seconds, and app installs are very swift. Games load and run perfectly. I have no idea how it compares to a fast 7200 RPM traditional drive for more disk intensive applications like video editing. But for day to day tasks it certainly makes everything feel faster. And ultimately, latency is probably more important 90% of the time for me anyway. Overall, I'm very happy with it. I'm not sure how ready SSDs are for server and high performance desktop applications, especially without being part of a large RAID array, but it definitely kicks some butt in my notebook. Performance is pretty good actually. Standard SSD rules apply: very fast seek and random read performance, random write performance is only so-so. I do get decent sustained write performance though, better than many other consumer levels SSDs currently on the market.

The biggest difference for me is the very responsive feel of the OS. Programs load almost instantly (with superfetch/prefetch turned off in vista), and while I haven’t tried any really heavy apps yet, MS Office programs all load instantly, Eclipse IDE opens in about 3 seconds, and app installs are very swift. Games load and run perfectly.

I have no idea how it compares to a fast 7200 RPM traditional drive for more disk intensive applications like video editing. But for day to day tasks it certainly makes everything feel faster. And ultimately, latency is probably more important 90% of the time for me anyway. Overall, I’m very happy with it.

I’m not sure how ready SSDs are for server and high performance desktop applications, especially without being part of a large RAID array, but it definitely kicks some butt in my notebook.

]]> By: Riyad Kalla http://www.breakitdownblog.com/lenovo-uses-samsung-ssds-in-thinkpads-safe-from-performance-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-18277 Riyad Kalla Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:34:20 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/?p=5972#comment-18277 Samuel, How's the performance of the machine with the SSD in it? I still haven't made the jump yet, very excited to at some point though. Samuel,

How’s the performance of the machine with the SSD in it? I still haven’t made the jump yet, very excited to at some point though.

]]> By: Samuel Hale http://www.breakitdownblog.com/lenovo-uses-samsung-ssds-in-thinkpads-safe-from-performance-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-18268 Samuel Hale Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:54:59 +0000 http://www.breakitdownblog.com/?p=5972#comment-18268 I myself just purchased a T500 with that exact model hard drive. I'm glad to hear it should be reliable for time to come. I myself just purchased a T500 with that exact model hard drive. I’m glad to hear it should be reliable for time to come.

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