Anyone using SSDs with Windows Vista?

Hi folks


Is anyone "actively personally" using a Solid State Disk with Windows Vista, or Windows 7 beta that can feedback their experiences with setup and performance (boot speed, data transfer speeds, application load speed, if using a secondary drive as in SATA does this hinder performance) of these drives as I'm toying with the idea of with next build going with the main operating system and software drive being an SSD drive.


If you can then please let me know what brand and model SSD your using as well as Windows Version and SP, know its a big ask on this as they are not in common use in home PCs, but I have read reviews and have used much smaller ones in the past so just need personal experiences.... muchas gracias

 

Hi dlb

Cheers for the info, indeed the explosion has hit more, which is why I am toying with the idea of going SSD and the Intels do seem to be leading the pack, but at a premium cost. Early indications on using SSDs as a boot drive is that the drivers/controllers are not perfect, but as Windows 7 is coming just wondering on users using SSDs with that beta OS, have had feedback from a few BTs on the managed beta, that are using SSDs with Win7 and they mention that boot times are a constant sub 30secs and application loading is quick.

Also playing with the ide of Hybrid Drives, which for those that dont know are a mix of SSD for a sort of buffer and a fast conventional HDD, so the SSD being a buffer can load up quickly common files for speedly loading, was introduced with Vista, but didnt take off, but more due to lack of choice in drives, only Seagate and Samsung IIRC.