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spindles · 10-09-2009, 12:56 PM

I was discussing a new work computer for myself with a work colleague yesterday. We started talking SSDs as we are both finding that our machines are bottlenecked at the hard drive.

We use SVN as our source control and every time I go to update my local repository or commit files, my whole machine goes so slow it almost appears to be hung. Our local computer supplier has cautioned against rushing into SSD, so we are holding off any purchases. Also not worth jumping before Windows 7 is out.

Is anyone considering running a 64bit version of windows 7? Vista supported the hardware, but getting drivers for a lot of things (especially older external things) was a pain in the butt. We are guessing that Windows 7 might improve the driver situation and also more apps will come out that are native 64 bit.

10-09-2009, 12:56 PM	#24 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	I was discussing a new work computer for myself with a work colleague yesterday. We started talking SSDs as we are both finding that our machines are bottlenecked at the hard drive. We use SVN as our source control and every time I go to update my local repository or commit files, my whole machine goes so slow it almost appears to be hung. Our local computer supplier has cautioned against rushing into SSD, so we are holding off any purchases. Also not worth jumping before Windows 7 is out. Is anyone considering running a 64bit version of windows 7? Vista supported the hardware, but getting drivers for a lot of things (especially older external things) was a pain in the butt. We are guessing that Windows 7 might improve the driver situation and also more apps will come out that are native 64 bit. __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?