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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?"

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  1. you left impractical off the list by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Troll

    they seriously are not that much tougher then a laptop hd.

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  2. Sounds like Six Million Dollar... by davidsyes · · Score: 0, Troll

    PORN. I mean, REALLY. Only engineers could so carefully choose such wording relative to "Solid State Hard Drives."

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