Performance Showdown - SSDs vs. HDDs

Lucas123 writes "Computerworld compared four disks, two popular solid state drives and two Seagate mechanical drives, for read/write performance, bootup speed, CPU utilization and other metrics. The question asked by the reviewer is whether it's worth spending an additional $550 for a SSD in your PC/laptop or to plunk down the extra $1,300 for an SSD-equipped MacBook Air? The answer is a resounding No. From the story: "Neither of the SSDs fared very well when having data copied to them. Crucial (SSD) needed 243 seconds and Ridata (SSD) took 264.5 seconds. The Momentus and Barracuda hard drives shaved nearly a full minute from those times at 185 seconds. In the other direction, copying the data from the drives, Crucial sprinted ahead at 130.7 seconds, but the mechanical Momentus drive wasn't far behind at 144.7 seconds."

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Re:bad test

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

My reaction was:

> Performance Showdown - SSDs vs. HDDs

There's something more badass than a Super Star Destroyer? SWEET JESUS! Hyper Death Destroyers, a 121 mile long monstrosity that can hold a SSD in it's bay! Actually visible side-by-side of a Death Star! Big enough to hold a true planet destroying ray, although it must take over 12 hours to recharge. It can, however, recharge to capital-ship busting level in 39.3 seconds.

I think this was in that novel where Leia and Luke's daughter has her mind wiped and her face altered, and she accidently makes love to Leia.