SSD (Solid State Drive)

[xoxoxoBruce]

Whenever I read about, or listen to tw and Mitch ramble on about, the latest is computer stuff, I find it interesting but figure it won't apply to a non-techie user like myself for a few years.

Cory Doctorow (you know, boing boing) wrote about his latest $435 Terebyte(big) SSD. Sounds pretty impressive, and I love the idea of no moving parts.

In October, I bought a one terabyte SSD for a ridiculous $435 -- about a third of what I paid for a 600GB drive a little over a year ago! -- and having run it for two months now, I'm prepared to pronounce it good. I wasn't familiar with the manufacturer, Crucial, but they got very good reviews on Amazon, and at that price I was prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt. My machine -- a Thinkpad X230 running Ubuntu 13.10 -- chugs along with nary a beach-ball, and I can go six to eight hours on a six-cell battery with full brightness, and continuous Wifi and Bluetooth usage. I'm rough on my computer, and it's taken plenty of knocks and bumps without any noticeable impact on the drive.

Sounds like the future to me... at least until they come up with "The Next Big Thing" in a few weeks.