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Apple Computing Products:
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Solid State Drive
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<blockquote data-quote="theonegod" data-source="post: 573496" data-attributes="member: 22259"><p>It is faster yes. It is also going to last far less time. The very nature of Solid State memory is that when you write to it you damage it. So for $1000 more you will be loosing just under 20g of space, gaining speed, gaining power savings, and loosing life expectancy.</p><p></p><p>What it comes down to is that the number of write cycles in the life of a flash memory chip are quite low compared to standard hard drives. As they fail this will result in lowered drive capacity until something important gets lost.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="theonegod, post: 573496, member: 22259"] It is faster yes. It is also going to last far less time. The very nature of Solid State memory is that when you write to it you damage it. So for $1000 more you will be loosing just under 20g of space, gaining speed, gaining power savings, and loosing life expectancy. What it comes down to is that the number of write cycles in the life of a flash memory chip are quite low compared to standard hard drives. As they fail this will result in lowered drive capacity until something important gets lost. [/QUOTE]
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