I was about to jump on the 'tomshardware are fools' bandwagon but guess what: they are absolutely correct.
The chart on page 13 is multiplying the mobilemark07 result (some number)* battery time. many people are assuming that the SSDs finished the mobilemark07 test many more times than the HDD before finally using up the battery capacity. but what they are missing is that the mobilemark07 result is already taking into account the time required to finish the work.
in other words, there is a fixed amount of work being done, and mobilemark measures the time needed to complete the work. and returns a number based on that.
so it may be true that the SSD is finishing the benchmark faster, but not fast enough to offset the amount of energy it is using up to get that fixed amount of work done.
let's say my name is SSDguy and twin's name is HDDguy.
Tom gives us each an identical stack of 250 blank laser printer pages and says, ok now you each need to make identical paper airplanes out of every piece of paper.
HDDguy is old tech. He uses his hands and folds the airplanes. he does a pretty good job. 280 airplanes in 10 minutes. AirplaneMark08 score = 28.
I, SSDguy am new tech. I can fold them with my mind. no messy moving parts (arms). 300 airplanes in 10 minutes. AirplaneMark08 score = 30.
Next, Tom makes us run laps until we collapse and fall asleep. When we wake up, he gives us each the same meal and he places us in front of an infinite supply of page stacks and says "start folding". Assuming we have the same amount of energy stored in our bodies, we both fold until we collapse.
I, SSDguy stop first, after 6 hours (360 minutes).
HDDguy stops after 6.5 hours (390 minutes).
So now you say, "Well, SSDguy works faster, so he easily did more work." Only problem is that if you do the math, HDDguy beats me by a small margin, similar to the tomshardware results. If you don't believe me, do the math yourself.
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i couldn't find the definition that says 'well-known' = 'known by MOST' or 'known by majority' - maybe you could point that out. just for kicks i tried http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+well-known&btnG=Search and http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+well+known but i'm not finding evidence of your claim. fight semantics fire with semantics fire.
I was about to jump on the 'tomshardware are fools' bandwagon but guess what: they are absolutely correct.
The chart on page 13 is multiplying the mobilemark07 result (some number)* battery time. many people are assuming that the SSDs finished the mobilemark07 test many more times than the HDD before finally using up the battery capacity. but what they are missing is that the mobilemark07 result is already taking into account the time required to finish the work.
in other words, there is a fixed amount of work being done, and mobilemark measures the time needed to complete the work. and returns a number based on that.
so it may be true that the SSD is finishing the benchmark faster, but not fast enough to offset the amount of energy it is using up to get that fixed amount of work done.
let's say my name is SSDguy and twin's name is HDDguy.
Tom gives us each an identical stack of 250 blank laser printer pages and says, ok now you each need to make identical paper airplanes out of every piece of paper.
HDDguy is old tech. He uses his hands and folds the airplanes. he does a pretty good job. 280 airplanes in 10 minutes. AirplaneMark08 score = 28.
I, SSDguy am new tech. I can fold them with my mind. no messy moving parts (arms). 300 airplanes in 10 minutes. AirplaneMark08 score = 30.
Next, Tom makes us run laps until we collapse and fall asleep. When we wake up, he gives us each the same meal and he places us in front of an infinite supply of page stacks and says "start folding". Assuming we have the same amount of energy stored in our bodies, we both fold until we collapse.
I, SSDguy stop first, after 6 hours (360 minutes). HDDguy stops after 6.5 hours (390 minutes).
So now you say, "Well, SSDguy works faster, so he easily did more work." Only problem is that if you do the math, HDDguy beats me by a small margin, similar to the tomshardware results. If you don't believe me, do the math yourself.