The thing I worry about most in regards to the eeepc is the strain on the ssd (storage space on the ssd is also a premium due to its size)... Therefore, I am looking at several options to reduce the usage of the ssd...
- sandisk cruzer micro 2gb (rm 79 approx);
- sandisk ultra ii 2gb (rm 85 approx); and
- sony micro vault tiny 2gb (rm 88 approx)
I could jump on the sdhc bandwagon but, I'm still waiting for techguru's colleague to finish his real world tests with it and the eeepc before I commit (rm 210-ish may not sound like much but its more than I wish to spend on a dud)...
All the above flash options are supposed to be hi-speed (but somehow there are no speeds stated on the box... so what is hi-speed eh???) but they do not seem to be speed rated on their respective product sites...
Well after googling and reading some review sites, it does seem like the sandisk ultra ii and the sony micro vault tiny are of comparative speeds... The sandisk is rated at 10 mb/s (sequential read) and 9 mb/s (sequential write) while the sony is rated at 10.8 mb/s (sequential read) and 9 mb/s (sequential write)... The cruzer micro however is rated at only 6 mb/s (sequential read) and 2.2 mb/s (sequential write)... I would take these figures with a pinch of salt as no testing info was provided by the review sites... The review sites are also personal sites (like mine and therefore all the info provided may not be as accurate as they should because everything is based only on personal observations - We are not professionals in the field and thus, I have never held myself out to be an authoritative source)...
So how can I decide as to which of the options listed above is best for me??? Simple!!! I would move a 400 mb file back and forth and see which one is the fastest... In addition to the above, I'll install open office 2.3.1 on the flash options above and see which one loads the fastest... Not a very exhaustive test but, its all the convincing I need... Hehehehehe...
After slightly more than an hour, it does SEEM like the sony is indeed the fastest while the ultra ii is a close second... the cruzer is indeed slower than the other two but it doesn't feel much slower than the ultra ii...
Although the sony is the fastest, I am gonna leave open office 2.3.1 installed on the ultra ii together with some other programs which I have chosen because, it fits flush into the eeepc and its fast enough to meet my expectations...
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