The biggest advantage to SSD drives right now is they are virtually bomb-proof if you drop your system. A regular spinning drive can withstand maybe 1/2 G without damage, and maybe 1G when off. However, an SSD drive is probably more like 8 or 10G running or off, so a drop will not likely damage the drive. (Nothing saving the screen though...)Any thoughts on SSD vs regular hard drives?
agree on screen size but loathe taking laptops anywhere so size and weight are important to me. I have a teeny Sony with a virtual keyboard and stylus that was a Japanese model that came to the US for about a month.Useless for photography but great for basic travel.
They are also theoretically going to be faster, but the new parallel recording technology, larger on disk buffers and 7200 RPM spindle speeds on the latest SATA2 laptop drives means this performance gap is pretty narrow.
Bottom line, the SSD drives are VERY expensive right now for the added benefits IMO. In two years though, I suspect they'll be run of the mill in high-end laptops.
My .02
MacPro just arrived, so off to unpack it!