On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:07:02 -0700, Mick
<Mick@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
> Well I'm on a learning curve here but why are they being installed into
> laptops then which wouldn't normally have a data disk?
The main advantage of a solid state drive in a laptop is that it is
much lighter than a rotating drive.
Personally, I would gladly give up a little speed to make my laptop a
couple of pounds lighter.
Quote:
> "Steve Thackery" wrote:
> Quote:
> > I don't know the answer to your problem, but are you sure you've done the
> > right thing?
> >
> > SSDs have a distinctly limited number of read/write cycles. I would think
> > that normal paging file activity would eat up your SSD life very quickly
> > indeed.
> >
> > Also, SSD isn't really faster. It has much lower seek times (because it
> > doesn't actually need to move the head, obviously), but the data throughput
> > is similar or slightly slower than a normal hard disk.
> >
> > I thought SSDs were not recommended as the system disk, but rather as data
> > storage.
> >
> > Or have I misunderstood?
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> >
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