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J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On Thursday, November 05, 2015 11:31:31 PM thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>> On 11/05/2015 11:06 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>>> Please do not top-post. |
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>> Thank you for reminder :-/ |
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>>> On Thursday, November 05, 2015 07:17:38 PM thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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>>>> When it comes to price I think the 1TB SDD is expensive in my case + |
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>>>> $177.99CAD warranty (though I don't know if I need warranty, or why they |
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>>>> are charging me for it)? |
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>>> It might be extended warranty. IOW, more then the usual factory warranty. |
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>>> I would ask them about that. |
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>> I think it might be Extended Warranty (I'll take it out), it is not |
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>> worth it. |
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>>>> GRANT TOTAL: $1420.98 |
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>>>> PS. Expensive like for a small box. |
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>>> I can't comment on prices, been a while since I looked into a new desktop. |
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>>> If that were Euros, I'd find it a lot for what you get. |
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>> No, that was in Canadian Dollars $1420.98 in Euros it would be 952.53 |
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>> and in USD 1054.92 |
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>>>> Maybe I don't need 32GB or RAM but even 16GB RAM would save me only |
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>>>> $112.99 |
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>>> My laptop has 16GB Ram and it works quite nicely. Doesn't use swap often. |
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>>> Also allows me to run VMs comfortably. |
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>>>> You might be right, maybe I'll add one HDD for backup (good suggestion). |
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>>>> The killer is my 1TB SSD $499.99CAD |
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>>> Get 1 SSD for the OS, software and your home directory. (240GB is usually |
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>>> enough) |
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>>> And 1 big HDD for your data. |
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>> I think I'll get rid of Extended Warranty and take a this 1TB SSD |
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>>> Keep your documents and other data out of the home directory if doing |
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>>> this. |
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>> I'm not sure I understand. Why keeping document our of the home dir.? |
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> Here is how I do it: |
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> 1 SSD (small, but big enough): |
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> - OS + Software + Home directories |
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> 1 HDD (Large) |
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> - Documents, Media,.... |
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> The reason I do it this way is: |
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> - SSD is fast and a lot of software tends to use the home directory for it's |
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> data, configuration,.... |
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> Problem with SSD: They are expensive when getting the bigger versions. |
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> - HDD is a lot cheaper and documents tend to be read once, edited for a |
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> lengthy period, then written once. Which is fine for HDD. |
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> The only exception I have to the above is my laptop. |
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> That one has a large SSD, but only because of the G-force restistance... |
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> Joost |
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One added benefit, you just back up the one drive and you have all your |
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personal stuff. The rest can be replaced by just reinstalling the OS, |
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unless you have a backup for that too. . |
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Mine is sort of like this only I don't have a SSD. My OS is on a fairly |
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fast drive and my personal data is on a much larger drive, slightly |
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slower. Looking back, I should have left /home on the same drive as the |
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OS and just put my "Documents" directory on the large drive. It just |
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didn't occur to me at the time. If I bought a SSD and put it in my rig, |
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that's how I would do it. Everything on the SSD except my personal |
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documents stuff. |
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Those little .* directories inside /home/<user>/ get read quite often, |
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that seems really true for web browsers and such. Having those on a |
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really fast drive should improve things a bit. If ya got it, may as |
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well put it to use. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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