July 9th, 2008
Review disputes power-savings potential of solid state drives
I’ve been as guilty as the next person about talking up solid state drives (or SSDs, as they are unfortunately called by the techno-babblists) as a wonderful device for reducing power consumption AND weight in notebooks. And any other system for that matter. But, fact is, I don’t have any review capabilities. So, I feel obliged to point to this great article by CNET that reviews several SSDs from some of the better-known memory and drive manufacturers. I guess you could call this one a mythbuster.
The debate is far from over, but the benchmarking world will have a field day with this issue as we work out just how much SSDs really can help. Definitely read this one.
Heather Clancy is an award-winning business journalist in the New York area with more than 20 years experience covering the high-tech industry. See her full profile and disclosure of her industry affiliations. See her full profile and disclosure of her industry affiliations.
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