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Old 09-04-2011, 01:15 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by JD Gumby View Post
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive <- Basically, it's either a diskless hard drive with limited writes or a faster and sturdier version of a USB flash drive/SD memory card. Very expensive ($1.00+ per gigabyte), especially when you get up there to the 250GB range.
Flash drives and solid state drives are based on the same diskless concept. In fact, some legitimately use the terms interchangeably. But I think what most refer to as flash drives use a slower technology/channel design. Whereas the term (enterprise) solid state drives often refer to those designed towards performance.

My laptop has SSD and it flies....when performing any tasks that access the hard drives, the difference (compared to the traditional SATA hard drive) not just noticeable but at times stunning. People who run local databases for development, etc will benefit the most whereas those who do most of their work in memory (spreadsheets, etc..) will only see marginal improvement.
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