Bart Trojanowski wrote:
* Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [081020 13:45]:
I was under the (mistaken?) impression that SSDs draw less power than a
regular HDD - one would think the motor and head drive alone would push
up the power consumption way beyond an SSD.
I was too, until I did some research and read a few reviews. Apparently
the currently available drives don't live upto the theoretical
possibilities of this tech.
interesting. Got any links I can check out?
The downside on (flash) SSDs is that they have a limited number of write
cycles, but they're getting cheaper by the day, so its probably not a
big expense to replace when it does die (We all do regular backups,
right!?) and the advantage of being way more shock-resistant is
definitely appealing to the clutz in me!
The ones that are in netbooks are probably not upgradable -- i.e. they
are soldered onto the mainboard.
At least on the Acer Aspire One, the SSD uses a ZIF (or LIF as some
manufacturers call it) and there are replacements available. ZIF/LIF
seems to be evolving as some kind of an industry standard for SSDs.
--Raj.
-Bart
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