what's a good hard drive for running an OS on?

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Re: what's a good hard drive for running an OS on?

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mine is the 30GB Vertex
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hnzw_rui wrote: I wouldn't recommend any SSD. Iirc, some cheapy SSDs with JMicron controllers can be slower than mechanical HDDs after a while.
That's what I read in passing somewhere and always had that in the back of my head. (concern). Now that Intel has a somewhat reasonably priced SSD I might spring for it.

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