@zungerman090: It speeds up general performance of everything, with games; loading and such. You never know the bottleneck exists until you experience the difference. The SSD enables your CPU and RAM to access data faster instead of waiting on the HDD's head to reach the right sector. Loading maps in BF3 is almost instant.
I'll never build another PC without one. For years I used various 10K RPM Velociraptors which are the fastest HDDs available and my Samsung 830 Series SSD is four times faster than any of them. It's an amazing upgrade. Those in laptops aren't quite as fast, but still faster than any HDD. I can't recommend SSDs enough.
I recently acquired a Nokia Lumia 900. The Xbox LIVE enabled games I played before like the Crackdown tower defense game and a couple others seem to have disappeared. Anyway, is there anything I should play on here besides PvZ, Implode, or Flight Control? I wish Drop7 were on here. Love it for iOS.
@zungerman090: That sucks, man. Samsung recently updated their series 7 gaming line. Since Korea is closer to you geographically would that make a difference importing?
@zungerman090: You'll notice it. A good example is at Best Buy they have last year's Asus Zenbook next to this year's Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook. Comparing them side by side the Samsung screen is noticeably clearer. I think Asus might go cheap the the screens to keep the price down. Most companies do that with hard drives too. Anyway, it'll look like an LED flashlight is shining on the screen from the edges. A lot like, but not as bad as the front-lit GameBoy Advance SP. 1366x768 is fine for mobile gaming. The CPU depends on the game. RTSes tend to be more CPU intensive. Complex shooters with a lot going on like BF3 also use a lot of CPU and RAM. On my main gaming PC (http://www.djhicks.net/mars/) I'm running BF3 on ultra at 1920x1200 and it's working the CPU at around 70% and using 6GB of RAM. Hell of a game. Crysis 2 on the other hand was way more GPU intensive especially with the DX11 patch and High-Res Textures pack.
@Doctorchimp: Premium is great, but I'm going to play BF3 for a while because it's one of my favorite franchises. I have taken breaks between expansions and the new assignments are fun goals that suck me back in. I guess it just depends on how much you like Battlefield. I look at it like Team Fortress: it's always there and populated. So, why not get all the expansions at a discount?
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