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Solid State Drives - Fast, Rugged, and Expensive

Posted by Zonk on from the pick-one-quality-speed-or-price dept.

Nick Breen writes "Are solid state drives becoming a reality? Loyd Case over at ExtremeTech has written an article concerning the current state of SSD with a comparison between a Samsung 64GB SATA and a Super Talent 32GB SATA. While they showed impressive speed rates when placed against a hard disk drive, the occasional sporadic statistic (and high cost) indicate they're not quite ready for the mainstream. Dell and Alienware have been shipping laptops with SSDs for months now, and Apple may be rolling out one of their own next year. Is the time of the solid-state drive almost at hand? Does anyone have any first-hand, practical experience with SSD?"

10 of 215 comments (clear)

  1. Huh? by ScrewMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    What exactly is a "sporadic statistic"?

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    1. Re:Huh? by Aehgts · · Score: 4, Funny

      A statistic that is neither a lie nor a damn lie.
      Ah, so like a drop-bear. Scary, but thankfully nonexistant.
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    2. Re:Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think it's a euphemism for "I don't know what I'm talking about." :)

    3. Re:Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ah, so like a drop-bear. Scary, but thankfully nonexistant.

      It only seems that way because you mistyped the link. Try this one.

  2. the executor by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone have any first-hand, practical experience with SSD?

    I know Darth Vader had his own SSD, but that's probably not what you're talking about.

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    1. Re:the executor by Tavor · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, but the seek time on the Executor is horrible! Ever try to find one worker on the port side, when you are on the bridge? Not to mention the random A-Wing events causing the whole drive to crash!

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  3. Re:Mods, Bad Mods, and Current Moderators by Mountaineer1024 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Funny should be given a positive score, I personally consider a funny comment at least as valid in the conversation as an insightful or informative, and the current scoring system just leads to mislabeled posts.

  4. Re:Mods, Bad Mods, and Current Moderators by fm6 · · Score: 1, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, the positive scores you! Yeah, that adds a lot to the conversation.

  5. Is it? by Frozen+Void · · Score: 2, Funny

    A year of Solid State Disk on Desktop?

  6. Re:3 months real-word experience with SSD by gillbates · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now maybe Vista is to blame, but the whole system will hang now and then for 10 secs or more.

    No, that's the Windows Vista Minus Pack - first introduced on Windows 98, the Minus Pack includes assorted features such as:

    1. Hang Computer for 10 seconds for no reason. (Much improved since Windows 98, where it was only 2 seconds - a fivefold improvement!)
    2. UAAM - Use All Available Memory. Get what you paid for! Use all of the memory you bought - Windows Vista will ensure that it uses all of your memory.
    3. Mandatory Upgrade Option - Experience the joy and frustration of having to buy a NEW computer to do the same things you did before, only now you'll have more time to prepare coffee during bootup, with the added benefit of trying to find drivers which work with Vista.

    Just when you actually got your computer to work right, the Minus Pack brings the look and feel of the SHINY! NEW! computer back.

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