Hard disk drives vs. solid-state drives: Are SSDs finally worth the money?

Macworld
Sep 17, 2012, 10:45 am219 pts
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 being eclipsed by tablets, which have NAND flash memory embedded on their motherboards. In addition, operating systems…

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