While flash hard drives, or solid state hard drives, have been around since the late 70’s, they are just starting to gain popularity and momentum. Isn’t about time to jump on board the SSD train and realize significant speed boosts in startup and application launching? You won’t regret a speedy SSD upgrade!
Intel X25M 80GB Mainstream Solid State Drive - Gen2, MLC flash technology, 2.5-Inch form factor, SATA (3.0Gb/s), 9.5mm Retail Box. Postville.
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…a few reviews titles from Amazon for the Intel X25M: “Much better than my previous HDD!” “The Gold Standard for Solid State Drives” “Amazing upgrade”…
Kingston introduces its second generation SSDNow V solid-state drive to help consumers and organizations of all sizes enhance the performance of computers that have a Serial ATA (SATA) interface and thus extend the lifecycle. SSDNow V drives increase performance with impressive input and output operations per second (IOPS). ...read what customers had to say >>
Intel X25M 160GB Mainstream Solid State HardDrive - Gen2, MLC flash technology, 2.5-Inch form factor, SATA (3.0Gb/s), 9.5mm Retail Box. ...read what customers had to say >>
Patriot Warp series Solid State Drive (SSD) is the latest in storage technology. Using the state-of-the-art NAND flash chips and ultra-fast controllers, the Warp SSD Drive is available from 32GB to 250GB capacity delivering a blazing transfer speed up to 175MB/s read and 100 MB/s write. ...read what customers had to say >>
Kingston’s SSDNow V Series drives extend the life of computers by complementing existing HDDs in desktops and replacing them in notebooks. SSDNow drives are faster and more reliable than a standard hard drive and have no moving parts, so they’re durable and can handle extreme environments. Available in 64GB and 128GB capacities. ...read what customers had to say >>
Intel X25M 160GB Mainstream Solid State Drive - Gen2, MLC flash technology, 2.5-Inch form factor, SATA (3.0Gb/s), 9.5mm MOQ = 1. Postville. ...read what customers had to say >>
SSD (or solid state hard disks) are just starting to increase in popularity. They offer amazing speed, are lighter, use less energy and have no moving parts. What’s not to like? A few years ago SSD drives started showing up in netbooks, the super lightweight, portable mini-laptops, and have slowly started making their way into standard sized laptops and even desktops.
The sore spot in all of this speedy hard drive goodness is the price. This ain’t your father’s hard drive, and it’s priced well above the standard 2.5 inch HHDs in most computers currently. Prices are starting to gradually lower.
Looking for a faster boot time? An SSD can speed up startup and application launching considerably. Here’s a video of Chris Pirillo launching a bunch of apps in an inpromptu speed test using an SSD solid state harddrive.
Funny, Pirillo says, “stupid fast!”
Another advantage to solid state harddrives is they are silent. No more listening to the whirring and spinning platters on the old-style hard disks. This lack of moving parts is great because it makes no sound, and also, perhaps more importantly, the lack of tiny internal moving parts eliminates the chance of some sort of mechanical failure.
