hi,

"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> "jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

> > second h/d and place all '/tmp/' and working directories on it (faster i/f than
> > USB).
>
> and Bald Eagle wrote:
> > You can also do that thing where you use a (cheap) USB drive to boost your
> > memory - no idea how fast/slow that is, but it will save on the HDD thrashing.
> >
>
> At my 'advanced' age, these 21-century technological changes and improvements
> are a bit slow to digest, ha. ...

get with it, granddad!  :-) :-)

> Btw, I was told by a local computer-repair shop that my Win 7's HD could be
> retro-fitted with a SSD, while keeping all of my files, the OS, etc intact. Hmm,
> I wonder if that's true.

go for it.  not only is the read/write performance so much better, you'll also
save money.  (here I moved two "always on" machines to SSD, and saw a small drop
in daily electricity consumption (amounting to ~4 pence per day); given the

than their cost over that time, ie 1825 days)


regards, jr.

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