{"id":1181,"date":"2011-08-15T22:30:11","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T12:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2011-08-15T22:30:11","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T12:30:11","slug":"solid-state-hard-drives-worth-the-extra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/solid-state-hard-drives-worth-the-extra\/","title":{"rendered":"Solid State Hard Drives &#8211; Worth the extra $$?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many new Notebook computers now come standard with, or have the option of having a solid state hard drives&#8230;but what\u2019s the difference between one of these and a traditional hard drive?<\/p>\n<p>Well for years we\u2019ve all been using magnetic hard drives that use layers of spinning metal disks to store information and there are plenty of moving parts inside.<\/p>\n<p>Solid state drives have been around for a few years, but until now have been prohibitively expensive.  They are built around flash memory made up of cells, much like you\u2019ll find in a camera flash card, mobile phone or thumb drive.<\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, there are no movie parts in a solid state drive which means increased reliability and speed.  Get more information at Get more information at  <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solid-state_drive\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solid-state_drive<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also&#8230;see a magnetic hard drive in action (what&#8217;s happening inside) here&#8230;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9eMWG3fwiEU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many new Notebook computers now come standard with, or have the option of having a solid state hard drives&#8230;but what\u2019s the difference between one of these and a traditional hard drive? 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