Return-Path: Received: from atl4mhob05.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.43] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4994812 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 06 Mar 2013 02:52:17 +0100 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com (mail.networksolutionsemail.com [205.178.146.50]) by atl4mhob05.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r261x4q6022625 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2013 20:59:04 -0500 Received: (qmail 1635 invoked by uid 0); 6 Mar 2013 01:59:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.7?) (chris@chriszwar.com@60.225.197.206) by 0 with ESMTPA; 6 Mar 2013 01:59:03 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: [AE] SSD brand question From: Chris Zwar In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 12:58:58 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) On 06/03/2013, at 12:53 PM, adam mercado wrote: > A client of mine that does data recovery on hard drives told me = recently about the 'myth' (his words) of SSDs. They are blazing fast at = first, and while they don't deteriorate as such, their performance wanes = over time as writable blocks are reduced. And unlike hard drives who = tend to click and give some audible warning they are about to fail, SSDs = just stop working without any indication. Apologies if this has been linked to before, but here's a 6 page article = with more detail than you ever wanted to know: = http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/inside-the-ssd-revol= ution-how-solid-state-disks-really-work/ The technology is advancing so rapidly that the problems and issues = found by early adopters are being addressed, if not already eliminated. FWIW I replaced the mechanical HD in my old 2008 iMac with a Samsung = 840Pro SSD and it is like a new machine. Faster than it ever was. I am = very happy! -Chris=