Tuesday, March 11, 2008
To SSD or Not To SSD?
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 01:00 PM
"The looming arrival of solid-state hard drives (SSD) for notebooks seems like a rather exciting development at first blush. Unlike their mechanical counterparts, which have spindle motors, rotating platters and read/write heads, solid-state drives typically consist of flash memory chips and have no moving parts whatsoever. The benefits that these drivers offer compared to a mechanical drive are numerous, and include lower power consumption, improved performance, increased durability, less chance of data loss (no heads to crash into the platters), no noise and no heat output."
I don't think the cost benefit equation works right now for most uses. If you are using a small drive, it won't break the bank, so it seems to work for something the the Asus Eee. Also, if you are trying to work the performance angle, I guess you could use a small one as your boot/application drive and store all your data elsewhere.
I don't think the cost benefit equation works right now for most uses. If you are using a small drive, it won't break the bank, so it seems to work for something the the Asus Eee. Also, if you are trying to work the performance angle, I guess you could use a small one as your boot/application drive and store all your data elsewhere.
