Hard disk or SSD (Solid State Drive)....Is now the time?

There are three main factors in comparing a Hard Disk Hard drive or a Solid State Hard Drive. These are: Capacity, Performance, and generally the deciding factor for most people, Cost.

So what exactly is a Solid State Drive? The simple answer is a drive with No Moving Parts. Hard Disk drives have one or more rigid rapidly rotating discs. Like a car or even your blender, as I'm sure you know, sometimes lots of moving parts can equal trouble. This is also a concern for temperature control, battery life and endurance.

Speed. Sold State will boot up in about 15 seconds blowing a the hard disk out of the water with it's time of over a minute....or MORE. This can add up my friends! The average person will start up their computer 5 times a day, adding up to 3-5minutes a day, and that leads to over an entire day a year.

Here's a big advantage: Durability! These suckers can be dropped from a multi story building, run over by a car, you name it. That is awesome.

Data Recovery is also a big selling point here and by data recovery I mean AFTER the drive has crashed. Generally when a Hard Disk crashes your information; pictures, notes, documents, are gone. When the SSD reaches the end of it's life it doesn't "crash" and all the data is accessible. In fact there are yet to be estimates about how long that data will be available but bets are in that it will be a VERY long time.


Environmental Factors are just not that big of deal for these drives. They can function in both high and low temperatures. Also altitudes of up 10,000 feet and humidity go unnoticed. Not to mention that drive can withstand 1500G force making them a must have in fighter jets.

Performance. There is a lot of technical talk I could fill this paragraph with but I'm just going to stick with the basics. I already mentioned start up time. It also accesses data a whopping 90x's faster than the hard disk. That's something you will actually notice on a daily basis.

Hard Disk Drive

Solid State Drive

While cost may still not be a strong point it is, like the history of all electronics, dropping rapidly. It went form  around $3.00 a gigabyte to less than $1.00. They are getting cheaper and cheaper and in my opinion well worth the price.

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