Gunner Asch wrote:

On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:46:17 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


Terry wrote:

On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:57:43 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:


The prices are starting to drop:

30 GB SATA 2 SS drive: $199

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4933684&Sku=O261-6228

4 GB 2.5" PATA/IDE SS drive: $49

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2552722&CatId=5301

What is the advantage of these drives over, say, a 32 GB jump drive at
$70 (this week at Office Depot)? Speed? If so, how great is that
advantage in practice?


They replace the hard drive in a computer. Someone was asking about
small hard drives for machine tools. Spinning storage with an IDE/PATA
interface is disappearing from the market. What good is a jump drive on
something with no USB port?

How is the seek and retrieve time on the solid state drives, as compared
to the good spinning disks?


There is no moving mechanical mass in a solid state drive so it's a
lot faster that conventional drives. there is no oxide to shed from the
spinning media, and they don't mind vibration or suffer from mechanical
shock like older drives. You've seen the TV ads for laptops that survive
being dropped while on? Guess how they do it.


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