Ask the internet about IDE laptop drives. Go on. I'll wait. (I love that commercial) - anyway. Still holding on to my deployment laptop (circa 2006 HP - survived 2 x IEDs - not kidding here - and the Panny Toughbook - toast - another story).
Anwyay, I max out at 2GB RAM, and old 1.86 Intel Centrino, it chugs along with (pick your favorite *nix Lite distro). On the 2012 deployment, I popped in an
80GB 7200 Hitachi drive. Works well'ish, but I need more capacity (I primarily use it for trips, GPS, upload pics, play music = poor man's iPoroid ... err ... Anpod).
Finding larger capacity is not easy - then the thought hit me ... native IDE SSDs? Yep, easy finds. A bit pricey, but I need the extra capacity without breaking the bank. Found
Transcend TS128GPSD330 2.5" 128GB. I stick with the mantra - "ANY SSD is better than a spinner" - but all my experience has been with SATA drives.
The r/w numbers are not what I'm used to, but hey, limitation of IDE is my guess. Reviews are decent. I can't compare it to the Hitachi, can't find the r/w numbers on it.
Thoughts? Comments?