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    Blueray or SSD on T400

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jwl3429, Feb 26, 2009.

  1. jwl3429

    jwl3429 Notebook Geek

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    I order a new t400 a week ago with a 128gb ssd, the shipping is delayed until march 20th and i got to thinking maybe i would rather have the blueray instead of the SSD that way i can burn video from my hd camcorder to blue to watch. any thoughts from anyone on these 2 opitons?
     
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    Quicklite Notebook Deity

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    I would get a thirdparty SSD separately, they are generally faster and use less power yet cheaper than the 128GB MLC; however, I think now Lenovo only allow you use their own drive...

    Given you are paying for a rewriter, its all fine for data writing; though, Bluray on 14 inch screen? honestly the price premium is quite... also T400 does not have hdmi/displayport, so the bluray will only be good for data writing, might as well get a external rewritter for a fractional the cost.

    Or pick up a 500GB HDD+WD's 1080p player, which can curry a few HD movies, without risks of scratching the physical media.

    http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&so...xWZhdMa_H3Egn4e8g&sig2=LPoFjZ_JLEyTPApSaojx9A


    However, if you must have one of the two, I'd rather have the SSD, as its better for mobility of the laptop...
     
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    If you got the cash, I don't see a reason to stop you, but as noted Blu-ray is expensive. If you change your order, you'll have to cancel and re-order.
     
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    jwl3429 Notebook Geek

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    Well canceling and re ordering wouldn't be any fun. i guess more of my concern and the reason i though money might be better spend on the blue-ray is due to ssd reliability how will the hard drive hold up to hdv video capture if every couple weeks i capture 10gb of video on there for editing. i don't want the drive to fail under this kind of use
     
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    neenee Notebook Consultant

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    Both SSD and regular harddisks are reliable enough for your purposes. However, seeing how video data can consume a lot of space, I would suggest a larger drive instead of a solid state. Your bottleneck is unlikely to be the harddisk when editing ;)
     
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    that is good to hear, what amount of video capture may be to much? the space is not a problem i will be editing the files into smaller clips and burning to windows media hd format on standard dvd if i don't get the blue ray, i think given how slow vista can be i will be glad to have the ssd for boot and load times.
     
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