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Intel's Troy Winslow has recently stated that Intel's SSDs will surpass the read and write speeds of current solid-state products from the likes of Samsung. To the delight of all those wanting an SSD in their system, Winslow added that Intel's SSD offerings should see 50 per cent price drops in both 2009 and 2010.
Still not good enough,a 64 GB SSD is ~1.5k a 50% price drop would put it to 750$ and another 50% to 325$ for only 64 gigs....
Yay, SSD price drop :D
I'm holding out for SSD until the price becomes more reasonable. I'd like to know what speeds these Intel SSD really do go at. My Raptors will do until 2009.
I hope they are much faster during virus scannings, i hate virus scannings
WRC,
You know, you could avoid the trouble to scan for viruses if you didn't click all those pr0n banners.
Anti-Virus software is for n00bs.Quote:
Originally Posted by WRC
:ROTF::ROTF::ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by LexDiamonds
I'll sig that for a while:up:
Indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by LexDiamonds
He's right.;)I have never had a virus and for the last few years I haven't used any antivirus software. You just have to have common sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by XS Janus
And I use Linux for pr0n, obviously.That's why I installed it the first time, to surf pr0n sites with no danger.:D
No. Some 60% of virusses don't get caught. Nowadays they don't ruin your comp or delete files, instead, they gather data and some of them slave your computer/connection to a botnet.Quote:
Originally Posted by XS Janus
...and you can never know if you have one or not, as they try to keep low profile. And once you get one, you can't get rid of them without reinstalling windows.
Virus scanners are useless against them.
LOL. It's empowering to tell Windows to fck off when it pops up, "Hey, um, I know we're not on good terms, but, you should get some antivirus software...I'm feeling vulnerable..."Quote:
He's right.I have never had a virus and for the last few years I haven't used any antivirus software. You just have to have common sense.
And I use Linux for pr0n, obviously.That's why I installed it the first time, to surf pr0n sites with no danger.
I'm still not gonna buy SSDs till they are more reasonably priced... 2$/GB would be acceptable
excuse me as I attempt to pretend you are not that retarded.Quote:
Originally Posted by LexDiamonds
On a side note, if you complain about your AV, perhaps you should get a better AV product :stick:
Lack of an good av is like a lack of antibiotics
sure, you might not care at this second but if you catch Chlamydia.. It'll save you a :banana::banana::banana::banana:load of grief...
Antivirus is good to protect against minor annoyances,
Ontopic:
Im gonna love seeing Intel and Samsung duck it out on the SSD market. Both are big companys, its not like the small "skirmishes" with AMD
Waiting for Ohio Reference, Sheep GIF...
They are getting closer to my budget...
You do know the people who make viruses also have access to the anti-virus software you do. Before releasing a virus they'll test it out on all of the major anti-virus software to make sure it bypasses them all.Quote:
Originally Posted by nn_step
I for one support the idea that AV is for noobs. Don't need anything more than an updated Spybot Search & Destroy to get rid of most problems and if a new virus is out it's probably going to go right past your AV like it wasn't there.
Rather than having an AV slowing my computer down I prefer to backup my important stuff and in case anything happens... just format and reinstall.
How nice for you, i love reformat and reinstall.
Intel can push the SSDs up their *WHOOPS* public forum he he :p:
Seriously, I am not paying $200 for a 32GB hard drive...AGAIN !! (1990s).
Perkam
No guys don't get me wrong.
I didn't mean to dis him or hiss statement or any other bad connotation.
I just found its context funny. This being XS and all I guess a lot of folks use more xtreme measures against those pesky bugs.
Hence the statement "Antivirus is for n00bs" characterizes XS well! :up:
It's called Linux or sanbox or just don't be stupid!Quote:
Originally Posted by XS Janus
i also nvr had a virus but i stil use an AV and always keep it up to date.
Pretty much for the same reason why i always use a condom, the chances that something goes wrong is small but when stuff goes wrong ur in deep :banana::banana::banana::banana:.
Besides that 50% price drop aint enough we need some stiff competition on prices and read and write speeds and the prices on decent SSDs will drop.
Not to get OT, but not having virus/rootkit/spyware/adware software is lunacy!
Just because you don't "get" a virus dosen't mean you don't have one, many arrive by stealth without you knowing it.
Yes totaly agree, I've had virus's a few times, but it's nothing a reformat+reinstal won't cure, plus the os runs fastest after a fresh instal giving better results, this will be better with faster drives making the whole process a breeze.Quote:
Originally Posted by LexDiamonds
I hope that Intel's offering is indeed faster, but 2009/10 seems a long way away for prices to drop.
That's what Virus Definition Updates are made for.Quote:
Originally Posted by gallardo
Indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by DFI pit bull
given that there are literally thousands of AV products available, some are open source and others are not...Quote:
Originally Posted by gallardo
Also there are hardening classes of AV software, which have an extremely simple rule (if the user doesn't classify it as safe, then it is a virus) which usually is a pain to maintain for most people but for those who setup a system and then leave it alone, it is hard to infect....
Also you tend to forget classic Bios Viruses, in which case formatting your hard drive is not going to eliminate the virus, if anything it is just going to give you a false sense of security.
The honest truth is yes should someone with sufficient talent want to take over your system or access your data, they are going to do it and there is absolutely nothing to stop it. BUT 99.999% of the viruses out there are not written by those people and generally are made by people pulling stupid pranks or trying to show off how "1337" they are. Those people are easily blocked with standard security practices.
So I still argue that when speaking of what practices should be, think of it like sex education. Teach basic common sense and the use of the best protection available. Such is the best method to prevent the need for such things in the future.
at the rate it's going a 128GB drive will be $750 in 2 years, a 256GB drive will be $325 in another 2 years, a 512GB drive will be $160 in another 2 years, a 1TB drive will be $80 in another 2...Quote:
Originally Posted by XS2K
chances are 1TB hardrives will cost around 6-10 years the cost/GB will be about the same
What ever happend to hybrid hdd? It cant be much more expensive than a normal HDD to add 1gb of flash to.
Still better than these insane prices for SSD. Why cant they push low capacity high speed SSD? gimme 10-20gb and GTFO :D
AV software can be useless with good browsing habits and other safeguards in place. I update my disk image to my network weekly so if something were to go wrong i can have my system back up and running in a matter of minutes. All of my downloads are done on an old duron system, and then scanned there.
My main machine has nod32 installed but I never run it.