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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 869695" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>Yes, they can read quite quickly but are much slower than a traditional HD at writing, especially with smaller files. See <a href="http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=134&csid2=844&fid1=39642" target="_blank">here</a> for example. That study shows considerably faster write speeds on traditional HDs and in most cases, faster read speeds. To quote the article, "When comparing read performance between hard disks and Flash SSDs the specs are often misleading. Flash SSDs have much better access times, but typically are slower in terms of transfer rates."</p><p></p><p>There is also <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9112065" target="_blank">this</a> article, which highlights not only on the small, "...advantage at the consumer level" but also highlights the following about quality: "For one thing, it matters whether the SSD drive uses SLC or MLC memory. SLC generally endures up to 100,000 write cycles or writes per cell, while MLC can endure anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 writes before it begins to fail, according to Fujitsu's Hagberg. For its part, Western Digital's laptop hard-disk drive boasts up to 600,000 write cycles."</p><p></p><p>IMHO, the dubious benefits of SSDs over traditional HDs doesn't justify paying the same price, let alone a huge premium. To be fair to my case, the videos you posted are by the same person and very subjective. For all I know, that was a Mac Pro with top of the line specs. Plus, that was a fresh install, so there was little slowing a boot down. OS X screamed on my laptop after I did a fresh install on my new 7,200RPM drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 869695, member: 71075"] Yes, they can read quite quickly but are much slower than a traditional HD at writing, especially with smaller files. See [URL="http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=134&csid2=844&fid1=39642"]here[/URL] for example. That study shows considerably faster write speeds on traditional HDs and in most cases, faster read speeds. To quote the article, "When comparing read performance between hard disks and Flash SSDs the specs are often misleading. Flash SSDs have much better access times, but typically are slower in terms of transfer rates." There is also [URL="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9112065"]this[/URL] article, which highlights not only on the small, "...advantage at the consumer level" but also highlights the following about quality: "For one thing, it matters whether the SSD drive uses SLC or MLC memory. SLC generally endures up to 100,000 write cycles or writes per cell, while MLC can endure anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 writes before it begins to fail, according to Fujitsu's Hagberg. For its part, Western Digital's laptop hard-disk drive boasts up to 600,000 write cycles." IMHO, the dubious benefits of SSDs over traditional HDs doesn't justify paying the same price, let alone a huge premium. To be fair to my case, the videos you posted are by the same person and very subjective. For all I know, that was a Mac Pro with top of the line specs. Plus, that was a fresh install, so there was little slowing a boot down. OS X screamed on my laptop after I did a fresh install on my new 7,200RPM drive. [/QUOTE]
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