Pretty much. And once you've used a machine that has a good one (read: one not based on a JMicron or Samsung controller), using any machine with a magnetic drive is excruciating.
They so vastly improve system responsiveness, yet at the same time, it feels like that's just the way a computer should have been all along. -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 7:20 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] SSD Time............. OK, time for an end-of-the-year stupid question! Is this "SSD" business the non-mechanical replacement for our current SATA HD wars/questions/bench races/? Like a flash drive on steroids? Wondering? Best of the Season, Duncan