Being a solid state drive, the technology gives it the potential of making your 7200 feel like a double-density floppy by comparison, because it is all electronics, and there is no "seeking" involved (you don't have to wait for the hardware's moving parts to move).


-----Original Message-----
>From: Geoffrey Heard <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jul 9, 2010 8:04 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: OT: Hardware - solid state "drive"
>
>Hi one and all
>
>I'm noodling around with hardware and I'm wondering about the 
>advantages of the rather expensive "solid state drives" offered by 
>Apple.
>
>Would they significantly speed up stuff? I have a 7200 drive in my 
>MacBook, and it seems to me it speeds up stuff compared with the 5400 
>drive it had. Also being solid state, I'm thinking that should mean 
>that basically it should be pretty much unbreakable. Today's HDs are 
>pretty rugged, but ...
>
>Does anyone have an experience?
>
>And what about disadvantages?
>
>Cheers, Geoff
>
>Geoffrey Heard
>Publisher, Editor, Business Writer
>The Worsley Press
>
>FREE Bonus book offer. Get "How to make great ads for (sm)all 
>business"  FREE when you buy "Type & Layout: Are you communicating or 
>just making pretty shapes?" or "How to Start and Produce a Magazine 
>or Newsletter". Amazon or www.worsleypress.com