On 2011/06/11 23:30 (GMT-0400) Greg Freemyer composed:
I'm highly intriqued with SSD and follow them closely, but anecdotally they seem to have a very short MTBF. (Mean Time Between Failures.)
Everyone I personally know that has bought one has had it die in the first year.
I hope the reality is better than my perception.
A friend brought me a 19 month old Dell Inspiron 910 netbook only a few days ago to try to "fix". I have no means at immediate disposal to confirm, but it appears its "only" problem is its only (smaller than a laptop DIMM) storage medium is dead, a STEC 080819-P03-001 DEL00-01850-M3BCU, with size and apparent socket type matching its wireless card. :-p -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org