[mindmenace]

i was browsing MDD website and noticed a runcore 128gb ssd pci-e for the Asus eee. Will this drive become available for the mini format? If so how long? I can only hope yes & soon.

[WolfKeeper]

Not soon. They need to shrink the die for the physical chips. The Eee has a physically longer card and can hold more chips.

[GearheadGeek]

It's funny how things have changed.... My first computer had 2 360k 5.25" floppies. That's it. No hard drive. (Yeah I'm in my 40s, what's it to ya?) My full-size notebook just has a 40gig drive, and that's not full... I'm only using 100 gig or so on my desktop machine, with all my music and photos, some video files and lots of software. The Mini9 isn't really suitable as a video-editing workhorse, I think 64 gig should be workable for any practical use of the thing. At some point, more gigs of storage just becomes a bragging point, like the 268 hp in a V6 Camry... how many Camry drivers need (or ever use) 268 hp?

[TheMission]

I'd buy the 128 for sure, as the mini 9 is great for holding all my music 40gb+ and a whole bunch of videos that I have ripped over the years. It's the best travel machine I've found and having a big ssd, rather than a whole bunch of sdhc cards or such would just make it that much better for a mobile travelling entertainment center for me also.

With my slingbox, hulu, music in itunes, and my videos, this thing is just a media viewing lil monster.

[WolfKeeper]

You were LUCKY. My first computer had a cassette drive. Five minutes to load a game :mrgreen:

[GearheadGeek]

Originally Posted by WolfKeeper

You were LUCKY. My first computer had a cassette drive. Five minutes to load a game :mrgreen:

Hehe... yes, but yours was probably more fun. Mine didn't do much in the way of games, though the era was probably the same. Your C64 or Vic20 (I'm guessing here) were a bit more consumer-oriented than my geeky cp/m Morrow. It does shape ones view on things, though... I put way too many mental clock cycles into deciding what to delete or archive off than I can really justify, since all my machines but the Mini9 have over 50% of their disk space free. I like to think it's more advantageous to me in my work in IT than it is a disadvantage in my personal computing.

[WolfKeeper]

You would be correct: Commodore 64. Actually, I did get a Sinclair from a relative for my birthday, but it might have been AFTER the C-64, so it was kind of a step back.

But yeah, the jump in storage going forward... yikes. C-64: floppy drives. My first IBM clone had a 20MB hard drive. After that, it gets kinda cloudy. Today? Breaking the terabyte barrier on my desktop. And they're mirrored.

[somms]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/06/vide ... on-mini-9/

Video: 128GB SSD slotted into Dell's Inspiron Mini 9

[Lost Symphonies]

I think I will stick with my 64gb (when it comes) and get an SDXC card when they come out and hope that the rumours of 2TB max size are true and if they work in the mini.

[bmcclure937]

Originally Posted by somms

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/06/video-128gb-ssd-slotted-into-dells-inspiron-mini-9/

Video: 128GB SSD slotted into Dell's Inspiron Mini 9

I did not see your post, but I made a thread on this as well... :lol:

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