First 1TB SSD drive hits market

noobvious said:

seekermeister said:

Since the primary benefit of a SSD is to run an OS from, what would a person need with all that extra space? I have been considering a small SSD, but even that has a number of issues to consider.

Maybe most useful for someone that only uses a laptop, removing some(not all) of the worry if you drop it, and adding to the battery life?

Battery life for laptops doesn't increase when you use SSD instead of reg. HDD. The reason is that even though it draws less power, it is always drawing power. The HDD draws the most power only when it is spinning so It evens out.

The SSD Power Consumption Hoax : Flash SSDs Don?t Improve Your Notebook Battery Runtime ? they Reduce It

I was suprised too.

VulcanSoulPatch said:

So, do you think this will get notebook mfrs to start increasing battery life? I know there is the whole weight vs batt life issue, but some notebooks just get ridiculously low runtime (mine is <2 hrs... )

VSP

Well, they have laptops with great battery life. However, usually these energy efficient CPU's cost more money and the larger # of cell batteries also cost more money. And when people aren't willing to spend the extra for these niceties, they have computers with shorter battery life. I have a Dell E6400 with a 9 cell battery and I get a good 4-6 hours with mine.

Yikes. I've been saving up my extra scraps for only a 120 GB SSD. And even that's taking too long I could just go with a 1 TB HDD, prices are not competitive yet - so i'm guessing just tech enthusiasts that're very well off to afford this ridiculous speed/size/price(definately price)

noobvious said:

seekermeister said:

Since the primary benefit of a SSD is to run an OS from, what would a person need with all that extra space? I have been considering a small SSD, but even that has a number of issues to consider.

Maybe most useful for someone that only uses a laptop, removing some(not all) of the worry if you drop it, and adding to the battery life?

The problem with using SSDs on notebooks is, most notebooks don't have a fast enough channel for them, so you don't really get any of the benefits.