Solid State Drive vs. Hard Disk Drive. The main benefit of SSDs is that they do not contain any moving parts, which makes them sturdy enough to absorb knocks, falls, ...

Three years ago, I wrote a story comparing hard disk drives to solid state drives (SSDs) based on capacity, performance and cost. A lot has changed in three years. For one, laptops are quickly ...

Several factors have a bearing on whether you should replace your hard-disk drive with a solid-state drive. We look at the key variables--and explain how to proceed if moving to SSD makes sense ...

Hard disk drives may be headed into history, but before the last drive spins down, IT teams will need to navigate an HDD-to-SSD transition period. Here's a look at current options and best practices.

Three years ago, I wrote a story comparing hard disk drives to solid state drives (SSDs) based on capacity, ... a 7200-rpm 2.5-inch hard disk drive with 16MB of DRAM ($112 to $262).

Well, it may be time to upgrade to a solid-state disk drive (SSD). Most older computers are using the older spinning disk drive technology (HDD), and those drives are very slow compared to the new ...

Though solid-state drives are in vogue, market forces and technical issues are giving the venerable hard-disk drive new life. DRAMexchange, a Taipei-based market intelligence firm, said last week ...

We tested two popular laptop drives, the Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB hard drive and the OCZ Vertex 120GB solid-state disk drive to determine just what you get for your money. Some of the results ...

Last week I discussed the two types of communication standards/protocols, SATA and NVMe for solid-state disk drives. Basically, the SATA protocol can be used on almost every computer, but the new ...

Trade newspaper MCV reported this morning that Microsoft is planning to drop optical disc media from the next generation Xbox, replacing it instead with a removable solid state format. The ...