Sony Vaio Z Laptop Packs Quad-SSDs in RAID 0

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I would seriously consider buying this instead of a desktop. If only I had a job...
 
I would rather have RAID 1 for redundancy and get rid of the OS. I hope Nvidia has their chip reliability problem fixed. I would hate to have to pay for a new board in one of these.
 
Now you can ower through the bloatware... and correct me if im wrong but doesnt raid zero do almost nothing for performance with ssd's
 
"No pricing is announced yet, but expect them to in at under $2,000."

Yay for proofreading.

It would be interesting to know what Brand of SSDs are used. One would think even 2 SSDs in RAID 0 would already be at the SATA 3Gb/s limit. Unless it is SATA 6Gb/s which seems to soon to be implemented into a laptop.
 
1920 x 1080 in a 13.1 inch screen? 3.2 pounds? Definitely worth considering, though I've known people with bad issues with Vaio's, so never had one. However, that was over 6 years ago. It would be good to know the types of SSD drives they got in there, and some real benchmarks including battery life. Still, as much as I love portability (5 hours on my 1200 x 800 14-inch screen), I need at least a 1920 x 1080 screen resolution (1920 x 1200 is perfect, but you get what you can with anything below 17" screens).
 
[citation][nom]one-shot[/nom]One would think even 2 SSDs in RAID 0 would already be at the SATA 3Gb/s limit. Unless it is SATA 6Gb/s which seems to soon to be implemented into a laptop.[/citation]


The 3Gb/s limit doesn't apply if they plug each of the 4 SSDs into seperate sata ports.
 
I think this fails because of a HD screen with no Blue Ray. Kind of like a Ferrari with a 4 cylinder. All that potential, but crippled with the lack of hardware.
 
[citation][nom]jblack[/nom]The 3Gb/s limit doesn't apply if they plug each of the 4 SSDs into seperate sata ports.[/citation]

Yes, you're right. That makes much more sense. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I typed that. Thanks.
 
Not saying it's good or bad, I just don't understand the logic behind such a small screen with 1920/1080 resolution. Can one even read anything on that? Or is it strictly for games/video playback? I would appreciate constructive answers. Thank you.
 
[citation][nom]jhansonxi[/nom]I would rather have RAID 1 for redundancy and get rid of the OS. I hope Nvidia has their chip reliability problem fixed. I would hate to have to pay for a new board in one of these.[/citation]
I wouldn't want 4 pricey SSDs in Raid1. Not much good being mirrored that many times, if anything other than what is offered I'd take Raid10 for both speed and reliability!
 
"No pricing is announced yet, but expect them to come in at under $2,000."

Seeing is believing.
 
I think this is more marketing than real performance. The ssds they'll put in there are surely not going to be intels, I doubt the vertex either.

I'd take 2 x25-ms or just wait a little while longer and put one vertex 2 in there
 
ok, how does 1920 x 1080 in a 13.1 inch screen help? especially with a low end GF330 vga card?

i cant read on a 15.4" 1680x1050 screen, let alone 1920x1080.... and selecting lower resolution makes everything look fuzzy.
 
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