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Because I can only afford a 120GB SSD and have at least that much on my HDD already. Plus reliability is an issue. Any improvement of SSD reliability is a huge
by trebor 15y ago
Because I can only afford a 120GB SSD and have at least that much on my HDD already.
Plus reliability is an issue. Any improvement of SSD reliability is a huge gain for them.
- heyrhett 15y agoYou can easily get a 10x gain in SSD reliability by using SLC instead of MLC memory. All for only 10x the cost of MLC.
- sjs 15y agoAre there actual reports of unreliable SSDs that are not anecdotal? I have yet to see any evidence that they are worse than HDDs. That doesn't mean it isn't out there but I haven't seen any "reports" that are more than anecdotal FUD. In the consumer space HDDs have a pretty poor track record.
- trebor 15y agoThe "safe" lifespan of an SSD, this is just hear-say so don't criticize that, is around 1 year. Any more you get is just a bonus. I think I read that on codinghorror.com... Anyway, I've got a Mac which probably doesn't support the latest, greatest SSD features. And my experience with HDDs says an average of 5 years life is pretty easy to attain. Therefore, for someone who needs cheap space with decent lifespan the HDD is the obvious answer. And at 10x the cost for a reliable SSD ... sorry. I may be a programmer but I do draw the line at expensive stuff (I don't even on an iPad or iPod, my Mac is almost 2gen old...).