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missed_again @ Jan 9th 2007 9:21PM

Do you have any idea how much faster you can access SSD than you can with a regular HDD?

On a bootup test the SSD beat out the HDD by 6 seconds, which although it may not seem much to you it is a huge lead in terms of read/write times.

I'm excited to see if this will lead to laptops having space dedicated to the Operating system on SSD while still relying on a regular HDD for the rest of the data.

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Tim Marman @ Jan 12th 2007 4:24PM

@missed_again:

In laptops, SSD will be more likely to replace HDDs entirely because of the advantages it has in that context - no moving parts and MUCH less power draw.

But hybrid drives are also an advantage on the desktop. Generally speaking, this is reflected across the board in computer design. Look at L2 cache, RAM and then physical HD space. At each step, the memory gets slower and cheaper. What we're adding is something between the RAM and physical HD space.

In fact, Vista Premium certificate requires hybrid drives. http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/13/Laptop-Vista-Premium-certification-will-require-hybrid-HDDs/

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