ello george, frm my own experiences, Crucial's new SSD's perform like a gem and very well priced. intel and OCZ produce some decent models though intel out-price themselves and considering the intel SSD's are being used in most macbook pro's, macbook air's etc of today, depending on models and configs from suppliers. lew On 8 Oct 2013, at 15:40, "George B" <gbmagoo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Scott, > > What is the best ssd to get now? > > From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Granados > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 07:36 > To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: external storage devices > > Not wrong he just over simplifies for his audience which makes sense because > they tend to be targeted at the general user. > > SSD is very easy to erase. > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 9:22 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > I stand corrected, Leo Laporte was wrong. > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:47 AM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Of course they can be erased.:) > > We have to erase the drives from our routers before we ship them back for the > customer for RMA work etc. You can erase them either with software or by > removing a battery with in the drive in some models. It's just a database > of data, it can be purged if need be. > > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:42 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > I saw an article about ssds. they say they cannot be erased. > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:34 AM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > I use samsung drives for backups and rebuilds. to me, very reliable. have > used seagates and WD's for a while but WD drives these days are (woh, nearly > said something shocking) rather nasty… > > depending on storage needs, performance, etc. samsung 2.5" hdd's do perform > rather well. but I've been spoilt by SSD drives and wouldn't go back. > > lew > > On 8 Oct 2013, at 13:24, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > We literally would have smoke poor out of drives or even have flames in some > cases, especially early on. I was running a net news (NNTP) server on Sun > Sparc hardware and we were trying to find a home for 100+ gigs per day of > mostly binaries and pics although we took the full news feed. (over 32,000 > groups) Disk access was so continuous across the whole array it sounded like > white noise almost or tens of computers at full boot hitting their disks as > fast as they could. I was happy to sell off that part of the business, lots > of hardware burn for little money. > On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:07 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > gives a whole new meaning to burning a disc. > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The only thing to watch out with WD is they ship some shady batches at times. > They are good about replacements though and as mentioned, the customer > service is quite good. I used to find IBM the best back in the day, WD > drives would burst in to flames on my news servers, but most would do to the > seriously high load. Especially for external drives WD is a pretty good > option. > > > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 7:38 AM, Kliphton <kliphton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Never thought I would see this day, but it has come. For once I have to > agree with David. Western digital are the best JMO. I have 2 network > attached storage devices by them, and 2 external USB hard drives. One of > which I am running a copy of mavericks on. And none have ever failed me. > Not saying they are perfect, cause nothing is. But my experience with WD has > been better than with anyone else’s brand. Great customer service too, and > gives 2 to 4 years warrantee on their products depending on what size it is. > HTH > > > Kliphton Senior > (iMessage) kliphton@xxxxxxxxxx - Email kliphton@xxxxxxxxx > (Twitter,Instagram,FourSquare&Skype) kliphton72 > [Text only] 914-820-2298 > (Personal blog-read at your own risk!) http://kliphskorner.wordpress.com > > > From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert Poehlman > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 6:30 AM > To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: external storage devices > > H andy, > > I guess this depends on how much music you have and what the size of the hd > in the mbp is. almost all external usb hds are good. you can't go wrong > with western digital as a start. > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 5:08 AM, Mackenzie Andrew (EAST CHESHIRE NHS TRUST - RJN) > <andrew.mackenzie4@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, I am thinking of transferring my music cooection onto my > macbook pro. To safe memory would it be better for me to save this > collection on anexternalstorage device? If so can anyone tell me which would > be more compatible with the macbook? > > Thanks > > Andy > > From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert Poehlman > Sent: 07 October 2013 09:55 > To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mac4theblind] Huey Lewis and the news > > Check out this album on iTunes: > > <image001.jpg> > Huey Lewis & The News: Greatest Hits > Huey Lewis & The News > Rock > Released: 2006 > > · <image002.jpg> > · <image002.jpg> > · <image002.jpg> > · <image002.jpg> > · <image002.jpg> > 270 Ratings > <image003.jpg> > > > iTunes Store > Please note that you have not been added to any email lists. > Copyright © 2013 Apple Inc. 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