The 1030nr is actually the second one I have owned. I bought one a few years ago, the Linux version, and I ended up selling it. My friend (which is disabled) bought one for school, but when he stopped going to school, I ended up buying it off of him and gave it to my dad. He used it for a year before I got it back when he bought a Dell Zino HD off me (net top) and I got it back. I then hit eBay and bought a 1.8" 4200RPM 30GB LIF/ZIF HDD that they used in the early iPods. Trash80, if you do the mod, you can use ANY hard drive that uses the LIF/ZIF 1.8" factor, keep in mind you might need the cable for it (Hitachi uses a different cable than the Toshiba) and you will need to take out that small USB port they shipped the 2GB Mini Flash drive in. You will also have to take out some other stuff including a plate, but once it's in, it runs like a top. it's faster than the SSD (mainly as the SSD is a Class 5 Flash drive, aka USB 2.0 Flash drive chips on a board with an IDE controller on it) so you would see an improvement. You can put all the way up to 250GB (I think it's the current highest sized 1.8" HDD) and it would give you a huge advantage.
I have run a variety of systems on it from Linux to windows. I prefer windows because I do NetFlix and Sliverlight doesn't work on Linux with NetFlix (the clone gets seen right through and netflix refuses to work).
Trash80, I dunno if you got the windows or linux version, but if you want instructions and help to do the mod, let me know and I will send you pictures of the inside (heck, I will post them here) and you can see what it looks like installed. It is very nice and the biggest advantage is the size. the 16GB SSD is small and my iTunes library takes up 14GB itself (no video) so it does help a lot.
I saw my time to load windows shorten by 3/4ths due to how long it takes for the SSD to initialize. the hard drive immediately initializes and did I mention it uses LESS[/b ] power than the SSD? yes, the SSD uses 500ma@ 5V and the LIF HDD uses 320ma@ 5v. Weird huh? yeah, well the hard drive gives me close to an hour of extra time. the advanced sleep states of the hard drive also help (the SSD never sleeps, it's pulling power 100% of the time whether it's accessed or not since it's not a true SSD)
As far as the Pismo, I just can't wait. it's gonna be very fun to use it
I have run a variety of systems on it from Linux to windows. I prefer windows because I do NetFlix and Sliverlight doesn't work on Linux with NetFlix (the clone gets seen right through and netflix refuses to work).
Trash80, I dunno if you got the windows or linux version, but if you want instructions and help to do the mod, let me know and I will send you pictures of the inside (heck, I will post them here) and you can see what it looks like installed. It is very nice and the biggest advantage is the size. the 16GB SSD is small and my iTunes library takes up 14GB itself (no video) so it does help a lot.
I saw my time to load windows shorten by 3/4ths due to how long it takes for the SSD to initialize. the hard drive immediately initializes and did I mention it uses LESS[/b ] power than the SSD? yes, the SSD uses 500ma@ 5V and the LIF HDD uses 320ma@ 5v. Weird huh? yeah, well the hard drive gives me close to an hour of extra time. the advanced sleep states of the hard drive also help (the SSD never sleeps, it's pulling power 100% of the time whether it's accessed or not since it's not a true SSD)
As far as the Pismo, I just can't wait. it's gonna be very fun to use it