"whisky-dave" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, 20 August 2019 03:38:11 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
T i m wrote
Rod Speed wrote

A mate used to buy the sweetest price point 2.5" drives for his
desktops and would retire them to his laptops when bigger
capacities came down in price. That may have changed with
a change in usage (cloud storage etc) and the advent of SSD's
that seem to have a better performance impact in laptops.

I don't bother with SSDs because my system runs 24/7 and I only reboot
when I have to and it isnt work paying anything for a quicker reboot.

But whilst SSD's do often help reduce boot speeds, it's not all about
that in every case. Like, I understand they draw less power,

Not something that matters with a desktop system.

It can, less noise, no need for fans to keep things cool.

I dont have any fans to keep drives cool. And I dont have
any covers on the desktop system and have to look closely
at the cpu fan to see that its actually spinning its so quiet,
the standard intel i5 cpu. The power supply is also as quiet
as I can find too. and it also inaudible.

And more and morem people don't have desktops they have laptops

I dont for my main PC which is also the PVR.

Hate laptop keyboards, have two 23" widescreen monitors
and no point in doing that on a laptop with an external
keyboard and mouse and external drives.

or mobile devices,

Not suitable for my main PC.

laptops with SSDs tend to last longer

Never had a laptop HDD die.

are lighter,

Irrelevant when it doesnt more around. I do have a laptop
that I use when bottling beer and occasionally in the kitchen
but use the iphone when I need a portable device out of the
house. Much more convenient to be able to put it in my
pocket and I dont have the + iphones either, too big to
be convenient in the pocket.

quieter

Not than my pc which has been chosen to be as quiet as possible
with no extra fans, just the cpu fan and power supply fan.

and need less cooling

Thats bull****, laptops need more
cooling because they are so compact.

and use less power

I couldnt care less. Its a trivial part of my total power use.

which makes battery life longer.

No battery at all in my desktop.

generate less heat,

Ditto. I don't even bother to have the covers on mine.

What covers ?

The covers all desktop cases have.

they are and will remain silent for their entire life spans

Mine stay entirely silent.

Can't hear them above the noise from
the fans is usually the situation.

No fans in mine.

and many offer a longer warrantee than most spinny drives.

I choose the long warranty HDDs and have never had a warranty claim.

That proves nothing.

It means I dont care about the warranty period.

It's possible you would get a longer warrantee (5 years) than a
spinny drive designed for the role of NAS drive (WD Red 3 years).

But pointless spending money to get that.

Not for most.

Tis for most given that they dont claim on the warranty.

Given that a 2.5" SSD is now only a few quid more than a Red drive ...

Both are much too small to be any use for me.

Makes you wonder why componies make them doesn't it,

Nope, its obvious why they do, most dont need the space I do.