Comments on: No more hard drives for me! http://www.gnegg.ch/2009/05/no-more-hard-drives-for-me/ programming with passion Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:28:22 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: cactustweeter http://www.gnegg.ch/2009/05/no-more-hard-drives-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 cactustweeter Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:38:02 +0000 http://www.gnegg.ch/?p=572#comment-1522 I want to do the same thing with my 2006 Mac Pro. Thanks for telling your story. And look crucial.com is now selling SSD's. Up to 256 GB. Check it out: http://www.crucial.com/store/listmodule/SSD/~2.5-inch%20Solid%20State%20Drive~/list.html I want to do the same thing with my 2006 Mac Pro. Thanks for telling your story. And look crucial.com is now selling SSD’s. Up to 256 GB. Check it out:

http://www.crucial.com/store/listmodule/SSD/~2.5-inch%20Solid%20State%20Drive~/list.html

]]> By: leamanc http://www.gnegg.ch/2009/05/no-more-hard-drives-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1519 leamanc Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:20:34 +0000 http://www.gnegg.ch/?p=572#comment-1519 Your going round-and-round with iTunes was not necessary. It will indeed pick up on changes made to your Music folder, either moving or renaming it. This is behavior inherited from the classic Mac OS, as its apps could always find folders they needed, no matter what you did to them (short of moving them to the Trash). You should have went into the prefs and chose your new folder, or held down the Option key as advised above. Your going round-and-round with iTunes was not necessary. It will indeed pick up on changes made to your Music folder, either moving or renaming it. This is behavior inherited from the classic Mac OS, as its apps could always find folders they needed, no matter what you did to them (short of moving them to the Trash). You should have went into the prefs and chose your new folder, or held down the Option key as advised above.

]]> By: The MacBook Air Experiment So Far | BestMacs http://www.gnegg.ch/2009/05/no-more-hard-drives-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1517 The MacBook Air Experiment So Far | BestMacs Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:27:19 +0000 http://www.gnegg.ch/?p=572#comment-1517 [...] But now that 128GB SSD is available in MacBook Pro too, this isn’t a MacBook Air advantage any more. In fact, the prices have dropped enough that SSDs are easily found on the open market. Someone even rigged one up in a Mac Pro. [...] [...] But now that 128GB SSD is available in MacBook Pro too, this isn’t a MacBook Air advantage any more. In fact, the prices have dropped enough that SSDs are easily found on the open market. Someone even rigged one up in a Mac Pro. [...]

]]> By: hiscross http://www.gnegg.ch/2009/05/no-more-hard-drives-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1516 hiscross Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:48:32 +0000 http://www.gnegg.ch/?p=572#comment-1516 SSD are nice, but they do have their drawbacks such as heat. My 2008 MBP has a Patriot 256 SSD and it runs hot. Also, that Patriot drive would not work in my 2009 Mini, but a OCZ 120 works fine. If you do lots of writes, then write to a regular HD. I have a NAS that stores my writes. SSD are nice, but they do have their drawbacks such as heat. My 2008 MBP has a Patriot 256 SSD and it runs hot. Also, that Patriot drive would not work in my 2009 Mini, but a OCZ 120 works fine. If you do lots of writes, then write to a regular HD. I have a NAS that stores my writes.

]]> By: mikmamak http://www.gnegg.ch/2009/05/no-more-hard-drives-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 mikmamak Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:04:34 +0000 http://www.gnegg.ch/?p=572#comment-1512 When you launch iTunes, press Opt.. And that'll bring you a dialog asking you to locate your Music library... So you don't need this symlink business, just tell itunes where your music library is, and unless you change it at a later time from prefs or by pressing Opt again when launching, it'll use the one you selected (on your external drive, for example)... ock. When you launch iTunes, press Opt.. And that’ll bring you a dialog asking you to locate your Music library… So you don’t need this symlink business, just tell itunes where your music library is, and unless you change it at a later time from prefs or by pressing Opt again when launching, it’ll use the one you selected (on your external drive, for example)…

ock.

]]> By: Philip Hofstetter http://www.gnegg.ch/2009/05/no-more-hard-drives-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1306 Philip Hofstetter Thu, 14 May 2009 07:13:25 +0000 http://www.gnegg.ch/?p=572#comment-1306 I bought a pair of 160GB Intel X25-M drives. Unfortunately, digitec does not allow deeplinking (due to posts and frames all over the place), but if you want to order them click through Storage > Hard drives, select SSD and Intel. The official Intel product page ist here: http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/index.htm I bought a pair of 160GB Intel X25-M drives. Unfortunately, digitec does not allow deeplinking (due to posts and frames all over the place), but if you want to order them click through Storage > Hard drives, select SSD and Intel.

The official Intel product page ist here:

http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/index.htm

]]> By: Alberto http://www.gnegg.ch/2009/05/no-more-hard-drives-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1305 Alberto Thu, 14 May 2009 06:57:12 +0000 http://www.gnegg.ch/?p=572#comment-1305 Nice, nice... makes me want to switch to SSDs... could you tell me the exact model you bought? Or maybe a link to the product page. Thanks Nice, nice… makes me want to switch to SSDs… could you tell me the exact model you bought? Or maybe a link to the product page.

Thanks

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