Sandisk SSD v/s HDD

[fontekk]

the laptop on the right had a clean boot and the one on the left was in hibernation mode.  not a really good comparison

[selphie99]

both r just like my ass

[mtssvnsn]

Both are pathetically slow compared to my old WinXP desktop with regular HD

[ThouAncient]

i would care to disagree the high RPM drives are no match ... and vista is more graphics heavy and your DESKTOP also might have had a faster processor too... So it might boot faster but can't be compared and that one isn't pathetically slower

[Phenom69ll]

@mtssvnsn we all know vista suck already

[chinesemilkman]

I've worked with those newfangled SSD Macs at my student computing support job and if memory serves, they run applications slower than your standard HDD Macs. I doubt any SDD storage product would run audio and visual as fast as a SATA II. Maybe one day they will optimize performance but in actuality, I have my doubts that any current SDD out performs top of the line HDDs in performance. AND COMPARING BOOTUP SPEED IS NOT A RELIABLE PERFORMANCE TEST! Lame marketing gimmick is what it is.

[johnnyfast]

Interesting how NONE of the SSD tests show a real world multi-tasking environment.

I have an OCZ SSD 64 and it totally fails, as soon as my PC is doing 2 or more read/write multi tasks I get horrendous lock ups. It is going back to the shop as unfit for purpose.

SSD is a one trick (read speed) pony.

[BurtWilson1]

Check out OCZ's new "Core" range of SSDs. They're inexpensive.

[kevinwow90]

yo prefiero un millon de veces el hdd antes que el sdd el ssd no lo quiero porque si se estropea pierdes toda la informacion!! si es para un pc particular no lo recomiendo, el hdd sigue siendo el mejor si se rompe el hdd siempre se puede recuperar los datos.

[8r13n]

...Umm, booting Windows is a poor way of testing the SSD benefits. Traditional drives are great at sequential access. ...And Vista is optimized accordingly during boot.

A much better test would be running tons and tons of programs. Can somebody PLEASE DO THIS!!! I'm curious to see what SSD can really do.

[DRCozensBassLessons]

i dont think the price justifys a couple more secs boot timr

[jeromerobles]

SSD are still not as reliable as hard drive. They fail much sooner and there is no way you can recover the data in a failed drive, unlike that in hard drives.

[decriticize]

Yet...I'm sure they will figure out a way to stabilize ssd and then there will be no question which is superior. But i doubt most people will have ssd drives in their computers till 2009, even though they are planning to have 32gb-128gb models out this year.