[ltp] SSD for a X220?

Chris Schumann linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 03 May 2011 08:27:48 -0500


On 05/03/2011 01:37 AM, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
> On lun., 2011-05-02 at 11:11 -0600, Christos Papadopoulos wrote:
>> After discovering that the X201 model is no longer available, I just
>> ordered a X220 and I am looking to get a SSD for it. All suggestions
>> welcome. The larger the better, I can afford to splurge a bit.
> I don't have a buying advice, but you can read
> http://www.anandtech.com/tag/storage which has plenty of information and
> comparisons on SSD which might help you on that (or lose you, too :)
>
> Regards,
This post is good too:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/05/the-hot-crazy-solid-state-drive-scale.html

Basically, it says this:
- have a good, tested backup plan
- plan for the SSD to fail within a year
- go buy a good one right now

Chris