Dead Deal, OOS: Kingston 128GB High Speed SD (SDXC) Card Class 10 Flash Memory Card $29 @ Staples

[Grateful11]

Might as well write this one off. I should have checked before posting. Sorry.

http://www.staples.com/Kingston-128GB-Hi...ID=2026489&storeId=10001&AID=10428550&SID=1fD3DpzrsD1D2&cm_mmc=CJ-_-2026489-_-2026489-_-10428550&CID=AFF%253A2026489%253A2026489%253A10428550

[Black]

Sounds too good to be true ;-)

[cbelt3]

$89 and OOS.

How does that compare to an SSD? I've got an SD port in the mini..

[AllGold]

Dead or not, that boggles my mind when I think of paying about 5x that amount for 128MB (MEGAbyte) CompactFlash cards several years ago.

[RAMd®d]

that boggles my mind when I think of paying about 5x that amount for 128MB (MEGAbyte) CompactFlash cards several years ago.

That's exactly what I was thinking. Well, not exactly, as I never bought a CF card anywhere near that big.


How does that compare to an SSD?

I'm guessing an SSD would be a few magnitudes faster.

I put Lion on a 16G USB thumb drive, and it was sooooo sloooooww. I can't imagine a faster USB stick would have given anything near an acceptable speed.

[Black]

RAMd®d wrote:

How does that compare to an SSD?

I'm guessing an SSD would be a few magnitudes faster.

I put Lion on a 16G USB thumb drive, and it was sooooo sloooooww. I can't imagine a faster USB stick would have given anything near an acceptable speed.

It's an interesting question. The SD slot interface in the Mini is supposedly ePCI so would not likely be a bottleneck.

SSD transfer rates are typically in excess of 200 MB/sec.

I've tried SSD booting via USB2 and it's quite bearable-- faster experience than HDD booting for basic operation (without trying to move large files around.) USB2 max transfer speed is 60 Megabytes per second.


Max transfer rate of a class 10 SD card is 10 MB/sec.


So final answer-- try it and report back please :-)