XP Start Up When it comes to hard drive performance there is one area that even the most oblivious user notices: how long it takes to load the Operating System. For our tests the clock starts as soon as the system “beeps!” and stops when our Anti-Virus splash screen disappears. While all the other tests were run with a streamlined XP image this particular image is the test bed's “day to day” OS and it has accumulated a lot of crud over the months from installs and removals. We chose the Anti-Virus splash screen as our finish line as it is the last program to be loaded on start up.
While it’s a tie for first place with 39 seconds…..the boot time of the Vertex is simply amazing. If a fast start up is a major consideration for you, THIS is the drive to get. It really is that simple. ADOBE CS3 LOAD TIME
Photoshop is a notoriously slow loading program under the best of circumstances, but when you add in a bunch of extra brushes and the such you get a really great torture test which can bring even the best of the best to their knees. Let’s see how our review unit faired in the Adobe crucible!
As with boot time, the Vertex eats the competition for breakfast. If anyone still has any reservations about the Indilinx controller or the Vertex (in general), it is performance numbers like this which will make a believer out of you.
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