>If I may ask you (collectively) on another topic of a new notebook. I noticed that Dell offers a solid state hard drives now. Are they really so much more reliable than conventional drives?
SSDs in the consumer market are very new. Although they have no moving parts and are theoretically more reliable, how that shakes out in the real world over time is still unknown. It's probably fair to say they are more rugged than conventional rotating drives (RDs).
Cost/GB is way higher than RDs but this is dropping, as the drives become more mainstream/commodity. Some older/cheaper SSDs don't perform much better than good RDs.
The technology is changing rapidly; you can get an overview and keep tabs on the industry at sites such as Tom's Hardware and AnandTech e.g.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Intel-x25-m-SSD,2012.html
Regards. Al
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