what is the difference between an SSD harddrive and a regular one

[Kaiiu]

i wanna know because i'm trying to decide where to get the Samsung chromebook for 250 or the Acer C7 for 199.
(if you think you can suggest a better laptop than go ahead)

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[Momentum]

a solid state drive (ssd) operates quicker and cooler than hard drives, but costs more and holds less

vice versa for hard drives.

[allyorbase]

It's a chromebook, so it ultimately won't matter that much. They already have crazy boot times and very little is stored on the laptop itself.

[Kaiiu]

a solid state drive (ssd) operates quicker and cooler than hard drives, but costs more and holds less

vice versa for hard drives.

so basically i would only get 16 gb of space? wtf thats not cool

[Momentum]

so basically i would only get 16 gb of space? wtf thats not cool

no lol. i would say about 250 gb

[Steve5452]

There's 1TB SSD's now.
They are hella expensive.

[Momentum]

There's 1TB SSD's now.
They are hella expensive.

niga pls u lien!! where man????/???//

[Kaiiu]

no lol. i would say about 250 gb

what how?

[Darkness ZXW]

so basically i would only get 16 gb of space? wtf thats not cool

~250gb of space and a boot time in 5-10 seconds

[GEN.Fire Bird]

niga pls u lien!! where man????/???//

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/09/sub-1500-kingmax-1tb-ssd-spotted-in-japan/

[dorkdotdan]

I thought that the chromebook had an HDD and a hellaton of Flash Memory.

[Momentum]

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/09/sub-1500-kingmax-1tb-ssd-spotted-in-japan/

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227797

[GEN.Fire Bird]

the SSD i posted about a second ago is under $1,500

[Headcrab Zombie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive#Comparison_of_SSD_with_hard_disk_drives

[SpreadsPlague]

it should also be noted (since I doubt anyone will actually read all of the link above me) SSDs have no moving parts, unlike an HDD which can fail if you drop your laptop