On 02/06/2011 20:53, Michael Watterson wrote: > Enterprise SSD maybe good. But lots of consumer netbooks have had SSDs > that are slower than HDD. EEEPC 900 etc? Interesting - what do you base this on? The EEEPC was one of the first and according to the Wiki still seems to=20 perform better than your average HDD. Plus the fact it is a portable=20 device with a slower processor and (probably) supporting circuitry would=20 make it hard to compare to a fast PC that could take full advantage of=20 any advancements in HDD technology. I imagine current technology has improved quite lot since these were made. Are you saying in some cases buying a laptop with an SSD would result in=20 you getting inferior performance to a HDD? --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .