@vm-01:
In how far is the fact that XP requires modifications to the registry profing that this is a Vista problem?

And as far as XP goes: What writing operations need to be kept to a minimum – and why are they requireing registry hacks?
Obviously a defrag does not make much sense on an SSD, so disabling Auto-defrag and potentially similar services that cause unnecessary writing operations can be disabled, but as far as I know this can be done in the control panel and does not need “open heart surgery” in the registry.

In my opinion SSD’s are downright terrible anyway. I was so excited when i first read about them but once i read about the fact that flash memory degrades quickly due to huge voltage needed to clear a segment of memory i instantly decided against purchasing one. I believe that they will eventually become less power hungry and quicker but due to the nature of the technology they will always be less reliable than a HDD.

Vista problem.

The EEEPC works much better with linux in the long run. Afer several weeks of use linux still seems fresh while XP gets bogged down.

XP can be modified using registry hacks to keep the writing operations to a minimum but those instructions are not that easy to find or do.

I’m kinda disapointed at the SSD makers too because they were supposed to release hybrid HDDs as well as pure SSDs. I’ve seen nothing on any release and the only thing similar to that is Readyboost.

Hybrid hard drives seem like a better fit for Vista but it seems like they won’t be coming out after all.

Is this is actually a Vista problem, or just a general operating system issue?

Vista seems to work well on the SSD in my laptop. When I got the machine I disabled auto defrag, indexing, and the HDD shock sensor utility.