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“The company, which is struggling with waning consumer sentiment, also projected sales below Wall Street’s estimates during the normally strong holiday quarter,” Dobuzinskis reports. “Chief Executive John Coyne said tablets such as Apple’s iPad — which use flash memory rather than hard-drive storage — will reduce growth in shipments of low-end laptops and netbooks by 10 to 20 percent over the next few quarters.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Very reassuring, John. Bet he just loves the new MacBook Airs.
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SSD drives are the future, now. However, a 256GB drive is still quite pricey. I just installed a 500GB hybrid SSS drive in my MBP and noticed at least a 30-40% increase in write and access speeds. To me, 64 or 128 GB is a bit small, but hopefully the more people that buy the airs, will cause the prices of SSD to drop.
SSD drives are the future, now. However, a 256GB drive is still quite pricey. I just installed a 500GB hybrid SSS drive in my MBP and noticed at least a 30-40% increase in write and access speeds. To me, 64 or 128 GB is a bit small, but hopefully the more people that buy the airs, will cause the prices of SSD to drop.
I will still need more NAS.
I will still need more NAS.
Uh-huh… wake me up when SSDs reach 4GB and are affordable.
Uh-huh… wake me up when SSDs reach 4GB and are affordable.
@Amperman
“Uh-huh… wake me up when SSDs reach 4GB and are affordable.”
Well, that would be now – or actually a long time ago. Would you like to set the snooze to wake you up again at say 4 TB?
@Amperman
“Uh-huh… wake me up when SSDs reach 4GB and are affordable.”
Well, that would be now – or actually a long time ago. Would you like to set the snooze to wake you up again at say 4 TB?
any news about TRIM support?
any news about TRIM support?
Just lost EVERYTHING on a LaCie 1TB backup drive.
3 years of a clients advertising and photoshoots.
Kaput!
Gone.
Ain’t coming back.
Please give me more SSD’s
(still crying over this one)
Just lost EVERYTHING on a LaCie 1TB backup drive.
3 years of a clients advertising and photoshoots.
Kaput!
Gone.
Ain’t coming back.
Please give me more SSD’s
(still crying over this one)
@F1Mikal in NYC: If it was that important, I’d think multiple backups would have been obvious, including off-site.
@F1Mikal in NYC: If it was that important, I’d think multiple backups would have been obvious, including off-site.
@Grigori: it was that important, every project is also on a gazillion bloody dvd’s…
Just that on a centrally located drive, indexed and organised, it was convenient and time saving to have it all in one place.
But thanks for your genuine concern and suggestion (that is what you were offering, correct?)
@Grigori: it was that important, every project is also on a gazillion bloody dvd’s…
Just that on a centrally located drive, indexed and organised, it was convenient and time saving to have it all in one place.
But thanks for your genuine concern and suggestion (that is what you were offering, correct?)
F1Mikal in NYC,
Your experience is the result of practice all too common, even among professionals whose livelihood depends on massive amounts of data being reliably stored (and retrieved).
Your only option now is forensic recovery of data. It may be an expensive proposition, but depending on how financially important the data is, it might be worthwhile.
Time Machine is an incredibly easy solution, and it will work in your situation, as long as that centrally located drive is a local disk on some Mac (USB or internal). 1TB disks are less than $100 today, so there are very few excuses to be made for not making an effort.
When flash memory started, it was quite expensive. I still remember paying $40 for 8MB, which allowed me to store 6 floppies worth of data (!!). It hasn’t arrived yet, though. I think we can consider it there only once it surpasses optical media on per-MB price (i.e. $0.30 for 4.7GB DVD-R).
F1Mikal in NYC,
Your experience is the result of practice all too common, even among professionals whose livelihood depends on massive amounts of data being reliably stored (and retrieved).
Your only option now is forensic recovery of data. It may be an expensive proposition, but depending on how financially important the data is, it might be worthwhile.
Time Machine is an incredibly easy solution, and it will work in your situation, as long as that centrally located drive is a local disk on some Mac (USB or internal). 1TB disks are less than $100 today, so there are very few excuses to be made for not making an effort.
When flash memory started, it was quite expensive. I still remember paying $40 for 8MB, which allowed me to store 6 floppies worth of data (!!). It hasn’t arrived yet, though. I think we can consider it there only once it surpasses optical media on per-MB price (i.e. $0.30 for 4.7GB DVD-R).
Backup solution. New client approaches me, lost his entire design system in a flood.
New system using time machine to mirrored externals. One goes home with him at night. Also using automated online backup. Everything automated and easy and ready if and when needed.
Backup solution. New client approaches me, lost his entire design system in a flood.
New system using time machine to mirrored externals. One goes home with him at night. Also using automated online backup. Everything automated and easy and ready if and when needed.
Oh, and easier and faster with SSD.
Oh, and easier and faster with SSD.