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Eee PC - OS makes a difference

One of the problems when using the Eee PC with XP is the logging, writes to the registry, page filing, etc. that XP normally does on a conventional hard drive. Of course you can reduce some of these writes like turning off the page file if you have enough ram or some other registry hacks, but beyond this there is not much else you can do. Without some specific changes to the OS you're going to burn out the drives in these units faster.

Now with the custom Xandros install there is no swap file, logging is turned off, no registry to content with, and a host of other modifications have been made to reduce the number of writes in an attempt to maximize the life of the drives.

So in order to use current SSDs in notebooks there has to be a modified OS specific for this type of storage until the technology for less degradation from multiple writes advances.

Posted by: MisterMiester   Posted on: 03/19/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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