SSD

[Thricet]

What are the Pro's and Con's when getting a SSD?

[Geek-9pm]

Really!
Is this a plug fro a new product?

PRO: Loading Windows in 0.5 second!
CON: Not on you Social Security benefit!

So you say this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Solid State drives have a much much faster read speed than Hard Drives, but a much slower write speed.
I cannot confirm, but power consumption between HDD and SSDs are similar.
Data recovery with SSD is virtually impossible.
You get more storage for what you pay with Hard drives, whereas you pay more for less storage space with SSDs.
SSDs are more resilient to impacts and drops compared to hard drives, but I've dropped my external HD plenty of times. Still works perfectly.

[patio]

$$$'s are the difference right now...i'd wait awhile.
Plus the fact that if you can see the diifference between read/write speeds on either than you can justify spending the money.
The other drawback is the capacity...1TB SATA Seagate drive = $100 Bucks...
1TB SSD drive = still a pipe dream.

[cengbrecht]

Another small drawback to SSD is that currently on windows xp and Vista you have to manually optimize them for the SSD otherwise you will get allot of slowdowns during work due to how SSD drives work. eg, erasing then having to write when using the drive.
Windows does a lot of write operations during normal use so it can slow down, though it is not actually freezing, it will seem like it.