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Is a 16GB solid state hard drive better then a 160GB SATA hard drive?
I was looking at buying a mini netbook from dell and they have 3 hard drives available. A 120 and 160 GB SATA or a 16GB solid state. They recommend the 16 GB solid state. Why would 16GB be better then 160GB of memory? Why is solid state better?
It depends on the usage. If you have young children(or yourself) who will drop the netbook a lot instead putting it down nicely, you definitely need to get SSD. SSDs are more shock proof because it has no moving parts. Or if you plan to carry it with you a lot, also SSD might be choice for this reason.
Speedwise, SATA has usually faster writing speed, reading might be similar.
Power consumption wise, laptop HDs use about 1W of power, so it would not make that much difference.(10W for desktop HDs).
Storage wise, 160GB = 10 times 16GB. Then again, it might have dedicated SD memory slot. When you put in SD card in dedicated slot, it usually becomes flush(does not stick out), so you can carry the netbook around with SD card in it without noticing anything sticking out. SD cards come in the size of 8GB, 16GB, etc(soon it will be bigger). So if you get SSD and needs more storage later, you can alwarys get SD cards later.
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