Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On 27/10/2007, *Rob Beard* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Matthew Larsen wrote: > > SSD are very fast on spurious read / writes, but reading large files > > (or sequential reading) is very, very slow on them. Might be worth > > waiting until some stats come out about this before investing. > > > > Regards, > > > > Would another option be to setup a machine as a network boot client > (either running LTSP or a full Ubuntu install over a network)? > > I setup an LTSP server running on an old Athlon 1400 with about 640MB > memory, it worked really well with one of the clients being an old IBM > Aptiva P2-233 and a second client being an old 333MHz iMac G3, both > booting off the network. > > Kept my kids happy, they could browse the net, play games and use > things > like Tuxpaint and I could also limit their usage to during the day. > > Rob > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > Or, buy a band new SSD from Scan.co.uk <http://Scan.co.uk>. They are > actually optimised for use in laptops, they are the new solid state > drives, not just a CF card or what ever. These preform well when opening > large files. > > http://scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=558789 >
Ouch, bit expensive at the moment, but I guess give it a year and they'll probably be a fair bit cheaper. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
