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I have a ThinkPad T510 with a SATA II, 3 GB interface. I am thinking about a new drive and installing a 12.04 ISO in April. The SSD I am thinking about is an Intel 320 Series 160 GB.

Can anyone tell me if this will work "out-of-the-box" or are there umpteen different code/terminal related things I will have to do? Am I better off staying with a HDD?

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I'm using an Intel 320 SSD (80GB) and have no issues with it in Oneiric 11.10. I don't expect issues in Precise 12.04 either. The installer does a good job at aligning the partitions if needed but you need to enable trim after installation manually.

SSDs are generally well-supported, see also How well are SSDs supported?

For HDD vs SSD, see What about the performance enhancement when using an SSD as the main disk?

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