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Alon Solomon: need help, SSD

Jan 28, 2015 7:29PM PST

Hello Friends.

This SSD thing, what about it? Is it really 10X times faster than normal laptop hard drive.

Every website have a bigmouth when it comes to boasting their products, I need real experienced reply. please help.


Regards
Alon Solomon.

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Re: SSD
Jan 28, 2015 8:30PM PST

The access time to a random sector on an SSD is much shorter than on a HDD. It depends on a lot of things how much difference it makes for you do and experience.

It's especially faster for a boot or for starting a big program. You'll notice no difference when browsing or mailing or viewing Youtube,

Kees

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Storage forum: Alon Solomon: need help, SSD
Feb 15, 2015 8:40PM PST

Hi kees,
Well very very thanks for such a good reply.I just wanna know that me used to run very huge applications such as maya,photoshop etc. So will it be fast on SSD than HDD?

Thank you,
Alon Solomon

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Re: application
Feb 15, 2015 8:57PM PST

Starting the program is faster. For using it, once started, you won't notice a difference, I think.

Kees

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Alon Solomon: need help for SSD
Mar 29, 2015 7:57PM PDT

Does SSD enabled laptops costs high than normal laptops?whats are the main features in addition to speed? Can anyone explain please?

Thanks,
Alon Solomon

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Re: price
Mar 29, 2015 8:03PM PDT

The same amount of storage on SSD is more expensive than on HD. So, for a given price, you've got less storage. On the other side: access is faster, it's physically smaller and uses less power. Your choice.

Kees