Installing Linux (Windoze I definitely need not) took on a USB drive about 4-5 minutes, the system is 10 seconds !!! booted, I had 2 times start to measure, because it happened so quickly that I could not activate in time my phone stopwatch. The perceived performance boost is hardly describable, I think you need a very fast computer (CPU drive) so as to produce a performance with conventional plates. My Lappy is nearly 5 years old and feels like on Viagra or speed, I have never experienced something like that, have been sitting on many laptops and PC and administered, and am drinking every time you reboot or when you call Windows applications first coffee gone. Launch applications virtually in real time.
You can if you want Linux to apply a few more tricks to pimp the whole thing (swap optimization, noatime in fstab etc.), (all of which are documented on the Web Here is an example of a tip: sites.google.com/site / easylinuxtipsproject / SSD
As for durability, or even the comparison with high-priced SSD, I can naturally nothing to say, time will tell. Guarantee there appears to be 3 years, unfortunately the writing in the accompanying documentation is so small that I had to seek my microscope to read this.
Amazon Prime next day delivery delivered at 13:00 clock in a sturdy box of would have been enough for a couple of children's shoes, well and in protective packaging. This is also 5 star. This SSD included for 60 Euros. Prime Delivery is the best ever investment in my IT career ;-)
