For faster booting, try Solid State Drives
It started with audio tapes. Then we upgraded to floppy disks. Soon we found ourselves in the mass storage era with the hard disk. Now we’re on the road to solid state disks – that is, disks with no moving components.
Not only do these new devices use less power than traditional mechanical hard drives, they’re also blisteringly fast!
Intel’s SSD (that’s short for solid state drive) is the best on the market right now, and they even guarantee them for a number of years. The best thing about SSD is its potential in the future:
- Dropping your SSD isn’t likely to result in damage.
- Before your SSD dies, it can likely warn you – not like those traditional drives.
- Some reports suggest an SSD can improve battery life on a laptop by an hour.
The pricing of solid state drives has come down dramatically over the past year, and like all things in the computing world will soon be in reach of the typical computer user.
Combine this with the possibility of EEStor and other new technology batteries, your laptop could begin powering your house! (Okay, that’s a slight exaggeration… so what?)