Crucial SSD provides a glimpse into the future of computing for the mobile photograph

[Admin]

Solid State Drives (SSDs) have a lot to offer the mobile photographer: they're fast, quiet, use less power, generate less heat and are far less susceptible to failure when bumped or dropped than the hard drives they're meant to replace. As the first generation of SSDs emerge, we take a brief look at one of them - a Crucial 32GB model from Lexar - to see how its performance stacks up against the hard drives in the computers we use everyday.

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[hepburn]

The problem with using them in a laptop is the manufacturer usually installs Windows Vista which has a typical installation size of 15Gb. Then throw in your favourite applications and before you know it you have damn all space for the important stuff - your photo's!

Once they start making a 100Gb at sensible prices i'll revisit them, but for now I'll stick with a regular HDD.

 

[Mohain]

I think Apple do a 250gb one for their Airbook, £2500 though