The Raindog writes "Some would argue that solid-state storage sits poised to supplant traditional mechanical hard drives, and with budget SSDs now available at much lower prices than previous flash drives, they might have a point. SSDs have the best shot of replacing mechanical drives in notebooks, where flash's low power consumption and high shock tolerance are significant advantages. To find out how the latest solid-state drives stack up against their mechanical counterparts, The Tech Report has compared seven 2.5" mobile hard drives across a wide range of application, file copy, power consumption, and noise level tests, with surprising results."
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