Run and tell all of the angels, this could take all night
Think I need a devil to help me get things right
Hook me up a new revolution ‘cause this one is a lie
We sat around laughin’ and watched the last one die
("Learn To Fly", by Foo Fighters)
Woo. Yesterday and today was a heck of a learning to fly... metaphorically speaking of course.
I am no computer whiz - far from it, as I am still having glaring matches with the Excel program, and Excel winning (for now, I'll just get it yet), and I admit, it was a steep learning curve, what from the good ole' days of Windows 95 - yes, I did use'em and saw all the pretty cloudies, then the time zipped by in a sign of Windows 98 and marginally XP version, and then, there came Windows 7 I fell absolutely in love with.
If I love anything better than Windows 7, it would be a good old disc with space and speed to match. So over the years, I saddled from small ones - 750 GB to monsters of likes of 1 TB and learned to use USB keys, until I tentatively put my paws on drives that could be taken along to wherever you go - well, not under the water, but you get what I am talking about.
I knew about the existence of SSD (Solid State Drive) almost a year before I saw one in real life, but even then I was a mite bit skeptic because I doubted they really delivered the speed they promised. Yes, my brother swore by them upside and down, but as we both work in different fields, we are not very buddy-buddy - if anything, the only contact pertaining computers and now laptops is, when the programs needs to be installed anew or something is really royally fucked up (memory flashback when he somehow managed it to gut itself despite of him being a computer whiz) - Ahem.
However, yesterday, I got a chance to see the SSD in action and I have to admit, the thing is beastly fast - I am used to my laptop working fast, or at least faster than public computers (that's a given,) but SSD just flat out steamrolled my old disc when the speed was concerned. Of course, it is four times smaller, so I will have to be careful what I am uploading here, but the little hellion otherwise did the work that usually got my old drive wheezing for air in a snap.
Because I am on my laptop almost every day without fail, I can torture the drive hard, and it was a given I would need the replacement before long. And even if I was skeptic about 'adopting' a SSD, primarily because I just don't like the hassle it comes with uploading the entire hoist of programs I use on again, the SSD and Windows 7 did the work, which would usually last at least five to six hours (in the old times), in snappy hour and a half - there's not included my muddling around for Microsoft Word 2010 program - the little berk is notoriously hard to get down and done with, but somehow, and with the help of Office Toolkit, I managed to get him to behave nicely. Seriously, Microsoft and his activation licenses can suck like hell. Case in point, activation of Windows 7 - because I somehow lost the activation code, I was pressed to try the others high and low, without success. Windows Loader saved me from having a temper tantrum, and I send love to the program's creators. You guys rock!
So. The verdict? The thing deliver the promise of a speed, although I will have to see just how long it will work - brother says it has the life of a 2 million hours, so it should hold out quite nicely, but with me intending to abuse it quite thoroughly.... well, we'll see.
On the subject of stories, all of 'em are on a temporary hiatus, until I get the Anatomy done... Erk. We have an exam tomorrow, and I am still loitering here! /pales with fear/.
Wish me luck guys!
Eirenei
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