[Chester LUG] A question re FDE

john veedub at linuxmail.org
Fri Nov 30 15:43:12 UTC 2012


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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