Laptop SSD in a Desktop PC and does the OS make a difference
I had access to 128GB SSD and decided to do a benchmark on the same drive but once in the laptop it came in and the other in a desktop PC.
This particular Drive was a Samsung 128gb SSD RBX Series 1 and is not the fasted drive around but the purpose of this post is to highlight the difference Between Laptop and Desktop on the same drive and then benchmark XP vs Vista.
Laptop Vs PC
Laptop: Dell Latitude E4300, 4gig Ram and 2.4Ghz running XP SP3
Desktop:Dell Optiplex 960, 4gig Ram. E8400 3.0 Ghz Dual Core, running XP SP3
As you can see you can there is a small but welcome increase in performance from the same drive but connected to a desktop PC.
Windows XP VS Vista (Same Laptop different operating system).
The question here is what difference does the operating system make?
Dell Latitude E4300, 4gig Ram and 2.4Ghz running Windows Vista Business SP1
Dell Latitude E4300, 4gig Ram and 2.4Ghz running XP SP3
As you can see the same SSD in Windows XP has significantly better performance.
So if you have access to an SSD and want the best possible performance the combination of a Desktop PC running Windows XP is the way to go.
