Monumental XT

[LunarMist]

Does anyone have the current 750GB XT drive? Since receiving the new ultraportable laptop with decent CPU, the sluggishness of the 1TB 5400 rpm drive is more apparent. I can usually live with a smallish drive in NA.

 

[Mercutio]

I have a couple 500GB ones. Subjectively, they're not game-changers compared to other 7200rpm drives, but they do help when powering on or resuming the machine from hibernate.

 

[LunarMist]

Can the hyperdrive in 7 be disabled? I don't want to waste the 8gb SSD flesh on that memory.

 

[sdbardwick]

The drive appears to the OS as a normal HDD; all flash caching is managed by the drive firmware alone.

 

[LunarMist]

I meant turning off the hiberfile. Stupid Andropov.

 

[mubs]

Now you have a Russian assistant?

 

[Mercutio]

Pikov is his Chauffeur.

 

[LunarMist]

Androids. This phone is out of controls.

 

[ddrueding]

Now you have a Russian assistant?

Indeed. And he was General Secretary of the Communist Party.

 

[Bozo]

Does anyone have the current 750GB XT drive? Since receiving the new ultraportable laptop with decent CPU, the sluggishness of the 1TB 5400 rpm drive is more apparent. I can usually live with a smallish drive in NA.

Why not an SSD?

 

[LunarMist]

The largest are only 512GB. I may settle on an SSD and a standard hard drive for now if I can find the right carrier to fit a drive in the optical bay. From what I read there will be native 1TB SSDs next year.