* Raj <thukral [ at ] pobox [ dot ] com> [081020 13:45]: > I was under the (mistaken?) impression that SSDs draw less power than a > regular HDD - one would think the motor and head drive alone would push > up the power consumption way beyond an SSD. I was too, until I did some research and read a few reviews. Apparently the currently available drives don't live upto the theoretical possibilities of this tech. > The downside on (flash) SSDs is that they have a limited number of write > cycles, but they're getting cheaper by the day, so its probably not a > big expense to replace when it does die (We all do regular backups, > right!?) and the advantage of being way more shock-resistant is > definitely appealing to the clutz in me! The ones that are in netbooks are probably not upgradable -- i.e. they are soldered onto the mainboard. -Bart -- WebSig: http://www.jukie.net/~bart/sig/