[Chester LUG] A question re FDE

john veedub at linuxmail.org
Sat Dec 1 11:34:53 UTC 2012


the Times today today has an offer for a google nexus 32 gb. for £50.00
check it out
www.times.co.uk/googlenexus
john

On 30/11/12 15:47, Stuart Burns wrote:
> As they say, it's not the size that matters, it's what you do with it ;)
>
> On 30 November 2012 15:45, john <veedub at linuxmail.org 
> <mailto:veedub at linuxmail.org>> wrote:
>
>     my 7 terrabyte feels out of place here!!!!!
>     John
>
>
>
>     On 30/11/12 15:05, Michael Crilly wrote:
>>     I would go for a 256GB as they're the same price now as I paid
>>     for the 128GB back about 6-7 months ago :-)
>>
>>     I find 128GB perfect as I don't really download that much and I'm
>>     planning some network storage anyway.
>>
>>     Sadly for me the SSD in my Mac is SATA3 but the bus is SATA2, so
>>     I don't benefit as much as I could from the speed, but in a
>>     laptop it's super quiet and vibration free, not to mention lighter.
>>
>>     - MTC
>>
>>     On 30 Nov 2012, at 14:53, Stuart Burns
>>     <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:stuart.james.burns at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>>     Hi Mike. Do you find that 128 GB is enough to store all your
>>>     "files" ;) ? Its a serious question btw, regards is 128 gb
>>>     enough or do I splurge on a 256. Im leaning towards a 256.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     On 30 November 2012 13:17, Michael Crilly <mrcrilly at gmail.com
>>>     <mailto:mrcrilly at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Yo!
>>>
>>>         MacBook Pro 13" with a 128GB SSD here. I also use FileVault
>>>         2. Everything is all gravy and I love the security it
>>>         provides (just make sure the system is powered down when not
>>>         in use or in a secure environment).
>>>
>>>         Go for it dude. SSDs are the future - none of this garlic
>>>         bread business.
>>>
>>>         - MTC
>>>
>>>         On 30 Nov 2012, at 12:46, Stuart Burns
>>>         <stuart.james.burns at gmail.com
>>>         <mailto:stuart.james.burns at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         > Hiya.
>>>         >
>>>         > I decided I am going to treat myself to a SSD hard drive
>>>         as the slow speed of disk IO in Fusion is driving me crazy.
>>>         However I read that with the new version of OS X there is
>>>         now Full Disk Encryption. Question is, does the fact that I
>>>         will be using FDE affect the working life of the drive ? I
>>>         am not really that up on flash memory.
>>>         >
>>>         > Cheers
>>>         >
>>>         > Stu
>>>         >
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