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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?"

5 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. 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.