Author Topic: what is the difference between an SSD harddrive and a regular one (Read 1760 times)

GEN.Fire Bird · November 30, 2012, 10:51:58 PM

Quote from: SpreadsPlague on November 30, 2012, 10:48:51 PM

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

An HDD's magnetic head falling on the disk is comparable to a 747 crashing into a large structure.

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fawkes.. · November 30, 2012, 10:53:23 PM

SSD's are quicker to start than HDD's so a lot of people use them for their operating system, so it boots up faster.
They have no moving parts inside so probably won't break if you drop them
SSD's are pretty much silent
Big HDD's are a lot cheaper than big SSD's

SpreadsPlague · November 30, 2012, 10:54:06 PM

Quote from: GEN.Fire Bird on November 30, 2012, 10:51:58 PM

An HDD's magnetic head falling on the disk is comparable to a 747 crashing into a large structure.

I can't tell if you misread "fail" for "fall" or if you're saying HDD failures are uncommon (which isn't true, I've had 3+ laptop HDDs fail on me completely and I've seen desktop ones begin to die as well)

either that or you're really bad at making brown townogies

..or you're saying it's loud or noisy or something

Cnaibedoge · November 30, 2012, 10:54:41 PM

SSD uses flash technology and is much, much faster.

VerticalHorizon · November 30, 2012, 10:56:03 PM

I'm still waiting for PCM.

Bisjac · November 30, 2012, 10:57:19 PM

ssd requires no defragging :D

GEN.Fire Bird · November 30, 2012, 10:59:28 PM

Quote from: SpreadsPlague on November 30, 2012, 10:54:06 PM

I can't tell if you misread "fail" for "fall" or if you're saying HDD failures are uncommon (which isn't true, I've had 3+ laptop HDDs fail on me completely and I've seen desktop ones begin to die as well)

either that or you're really bad at making brown townogies

..or you're saying it's loud or noisy or something

I mean that it, though not the same size, is about as destructive.

Quote from: Bisjac on November 30, 2012, 10:57:19 PM