ram?

[pitt1983]

nothing about 2gb ram? i think that with vista we need it!

[YannR]

The Micro-DIMM manufacturer (Qimonda) doesn't have 2GB model available yet. There are some threads about this topic. Go for search. ;)

But I definitely agree with you regarding Vista minimum requirements for usability...

[JEM]

Definitely 2GB+ is needed. I've searched exhaustively and not found a suitable memory upgrade. Given the recent considerations against 8mm HDDs, the current lack of availabilty of bigger RAM (and if/when it does come out, it will likely be very expensive), and the general desire for longer battery and better performance, a 64GB SSD (even at $1000) is starting to look very attractive to me. I guess I need to get busy selling my superceded electronics on ebay to offset the $$$.

[CAVADIAS]

I have upgraded mine to 64gb SSD. (got it off my portege r500) and swapped them. Now it works great no lags, and 3 seconds 2007 word opening. I highly suggest the ssd solution. it really make it usable, like using it with XP...

[JEM]

How much page file did you set up? Any perceived improvement in battery life?

[YannR]

Very interesting...
Which SSD drive did you use (brand/model) ?

(Toshiba 8mm HDD being definitely too thick for Shift casing... and slow)

[JEM]

FYI. Don't know if you've heard about the new intel SSDs due out in Q3. They will have a 1.8" with 80GB and later 120GB. These, and other larger drives from other manufacturers, will likely devalue current 64GB SSDs by half. Personally, I think I'll wait. I don't have $500 to flush down the toilet right now...

[Pfeffa-rah]

I don't have $500 to flush down the toilet right now...
Well... eh.... I do....
What brand and model? and where can I get it? and does it improve battery time?

[barenbaren]

I had always thought SSD were SO much more reliable that regular hard drives, but today saw this article:

One-in-four-SSD-based-laptops-fail (http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/One-in-four-SSD-based-laptops-fail/0,130061702,339287322,00.htm)

Any comments? User experience.
I;m debating whether to void mu Shift warranty by upgrading to SSD and or 2GB DDr sometime near end of this year or so.
But really think I should wait until the next generation Shift, then tinker with my "old" 9501.

Add to wish list for new model:
Auto detect porttait/landscape rotation
Make cell calls (of course)

[skin57]

Unfortunatly, basically all new SSD's that we'll see this yeah on the market will have an SATA interface - especially those with a really good perfomance (as the perfomance improvements comes from the Flash controllers... and nobody will spend big money on that PATA stuff anymore, as it's really an dying technologoy). So, while the currently available SDDs might become cheaper over the time, we won't see that much new (bigger, cheaper, faster) SDDs from now on. Especially not with that funny ZIF connector the SHIFT needs...