Would it be directly compatible as a replacement for the 80GB IDE system drive in my desktop computer?
Not
directly directly -- because, like all 2.5in drives, it has a smaller PATA connector than the standard 3.5in one, which is what your desktop almost certainly has. But adapters are available, and are completely passive, unlike the sometimes troublesome PATA-to-SATA adapters which some people have resorted to in order to get SATA SSDs into their Empegs.
Of course there is then the issue of reliability. I hear too many tales of SSD failure, even here on the empeg board.
Well, that
is true. Ones that fail in desktop use, though, are getting many more read/write cycles than they would in an Empeg.
To upgrade a desktop I'd go for an Intel 2.5in SATA SSD (you don't hear of the Intel ones failing), plus a SATA PCI or PCIe card, assuming the desktop has a spare PCI or PCIe slot.
Peter
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