That SSD you just bought to replace your HDD may not be any faster. Oh, if you want the higher speed, you lose about 75% of the space advertised on the box.

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That SSD you just bought to replace your HDD may not be any faster. Oh, if you want the higher speed, you lose about 75% of the space advertised on the box. (hackaday.com)

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Especially those smaller, laptop HDDs. Those things are borderline useless brand new. After a year of use they can’t even keep up with idle requests from the OS.

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Yes, that's where a lot of the SSDs went. They were amazing for revitalizing a few years old laptop that was still fine for basic work, but just needed a kick in the pants.

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