SSD vs HDD

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saw this in PC class today. but one student spoke up that SDD can take longer retrieving the stored data then HDD.
 
If you install a high end SSD then it won't take longer because SSD do not suffer from disk fragmentation, and don't need to spin up like regular hard drive which has disc inside of it which needs a read and write arm to read the data.

He might of been referring to USB 2.0 SSD drives which are slower because they are being held back by the maximum speed of USB 2.0 450 Mbps and possibly slower chips.
 
HDD are still very popular with people who enjoy saving money, but want to have Terabytes worth of free space for storing files since for 100 dollars you can buy a HDD which can hold 2TB/2000GB of files which mean you can download a lot of your favourite videos, games, music, software, and more, and still have a lot of space left over for more files in the future.

The speed of a SSD vs HDD are also not worth the high price tag of hundreds of dollars in reality for most users since saving a few seconds, but paying hundreds of more dollars for the same amount of space as a similar sized hard drive is not worth it for the common users. They benefit more with speed and usability by buying a computer with a faster CPU, more RAM, a better video card, and a bigger monitor.

If the users operating system is a light weight operating system like Linux, or Windows XP the speed difference will be even less noticeable or worth the high cost of SSD to the average user.



SSD are currently mostly used in Tablets, smart phones and hand held game consoles which only need a few GB of space for the operating system, and a few files and save files for games and apps which only use a few MB of space.
 
HDD will most likely be replaced by the micro HDD when computers ever be very small since Micro HDD are still cheaper then SSD, and offer more space for the same price as a SSD.


But, the regular desktop and laptop hard drive is still the most affordable storage drive for PC you can buy for 90 dollars or less for a 500GB hard drive at a store while a SSD which is 500GB in size can cost $1,306.99 according to Amazon SSD product page for 500GB SSD.

Newer Movies and Games video which are High Definition or better quality need many GB more storage space for storing giant sized video and game files, so user will most likely pick a traditional hard drive due to its cheaper price per gigabyte of space compared to SSD.
 
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