I know the Jmicron controller SSD's have problems that cripple their write speeds. But this only happens when they fill up (right?)
If you set up a Mac Mini as a Home Theater PC, and put only applications on the main drive, streaming everything else (in my case from another Mac Mini hooked to a Drobo), wouldn't you get all the benefits of a fast SSD (keeping Plex or Front Row snappy) without running into the drawbacks with the Jmicron controllers you hit after normal usage?
Wouldn't this usage scenario give you all the SSD benefits just for buying cheap MLC / Jmicron drives?
What am I missing?
If you set up a Mac Mini as a Home Theater PC, and put only applications on the main drive, streaming everything else (in my case from another Mac Mini hooked to a Drobo), wouldn't you get all the benefits of a fast SSD (keeping Plex or Front Row snappy) without running into the drawbacks with the Jmicron controllers you hit after normal usage?
Wouldn't this usage scenario give you all the SSD benefits just for buying cheap MLC / Jmicron drives?
What am I missing?