[nfbcs] Maybe OT: questions re: cloning drives

[David Andrews]

True, and there are hybrid drives that contain both, to maximize 
speed and economy.  But, the ground is shifting, as always with 
technology, some higher-end macs are available with SSD's only.

Dave

At 02:42 PM 11/29/2013, you wrote:

>That actually ddepends now. It's more expensive in terms of gb per 
>dollar, but it's came down a lot in price. SSD drives aren't really 
>for stoaring huge chunks of data, they're more for storing bits that 
>need to be accessed frequently. So a common setup is to have the OS 
>and programs on the SSD with all documents and etc on another platter drive.
>On 11/29/2013 3:35 PM, David Andrews wrote:
>>It is a solid state drive, uses chips instead of spinning platters 
>>to store data.  Faster but more expensive.
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>At 01:23 PM 11/29/2013, you wrote:
>>>What do you mean by an ssd?
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Littlefield,
>>>Tyler
>>>Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 10:51 AM
>>>To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>>>Subject: [nfbcs] Maybe OT: questions re: cloning drives
>>>
>>>Hi all:
>>>I've had an ssd sitting in my desktop for a while now, and I'm really sad at
>>>the fact that I haven't had time to look into switching to it. i was hoping
>>>someone could offer some suggestions. I have about 50 gb used after I did my
>>>cleanup on my main drive, so I can move everything over easy enough--I just
>>>wasn't sure if there was an easy/accessible way to copy everything
>>>(including mbr/etc) Thanks,