As with everything, there are trade-offs: http://techreport.com/articles.x/19162
T On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > This is off topic, but if anyone has experience with these SSD things, > please contact me. Someone told me that the performance improvement is > small, and the new 15000 rpm hard disks are actually faster. I find that > hard to believe. > > I cannot find many comparisons. A 2008 NY Times article says an SSD improved > overall performance by half and "disk performance increased fivefold" on a > Mac laptop. > > - Jed > >
