Comments on: Intel X25-M Solid State Drive (SSD) Review http://elliottback.com/wp/intel-x25-m-ssd-review/ Internet & Technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:40:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Elliott Back http://elliottback.com/wp/intel-x25-m-ssd-review/#comment-2187176 Elliott Back Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:23:44 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/?p=3062#comment-2187176 I knocked up the terminology, yes, only measuring random reads here, not writes. But the same principle applies. I think the comparison of SSD to old hard disk is fundamentally sound, since that's what most people will be upgrading from. I knocked up the terminology, yes, only measuring random reads here, not writes. But the same principle applies. I think the comparison of SSD to old hard disk is fundamentally sound, since that’s what most people will be upgrading from.

]]> By: My http://elliottback.com/wp/intel-x25-m-ssd-review/#comment-2187171 My Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:10:10 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/?p=3062#comment-2187171 No one wants to say that the Intel-SSD is bad, but what youre doing here is simply wrong. You compare the High-End-SSD itself against a very old HDD. And don't be too offended but... You compare 13.4 ms random access time against 0,1 ms and your result is that the SSD WRITES more than 100 times faster than the HDD. This is so completely wrong! It actually shows a lack of fundamental knowledge that makes your whole advertising post that you denote "review" a laugh. Sorry to say that. Its sad but its true. Additionally hd-tach is a very bad tool to compare different techniques because it outputs absolutely no information about write speeds and write/read speed in differing sectors. No one wants to say that the Intel-SSD is bad, but what youre doing here is simply wrong.
You compare the High-End-SSD itself against a very old HDD.

And don’t be too offended but… You compare 13.4 ms random access time against 0,1 ms and your result is that the SSD WRITES more than 100 times faster than the HDD.

This is so completely wrong! It actually shows a lack of fundamental knowledge that makes your whole advertising post that you denote “review” a laugh. Sorry to say that. Its sad but its true.

Additionally hd-tach is a very bad tool to compare different techniques because it outputs absolutely no information about write speeds and write/read speed in differing sectors.

]]> By: Elliott Back http://elliottback.com/wp/intel-x25-m-ssd-review/#comment-2182984 Elliott Back Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:11:05 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/?p=3062#comment-2182984 There's a new firmware that improves defrag performance too, btw: http://support.intel.com/support/ssdc/index_update.htm There’s a new firmware that improves defrag performance too, btw: http://support.intel.com/support/ssdc/index_update.htm

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