A few years ago, not many computers came equipped with an SSD. At that point, the prices of hard drives were in steep decline and we were enjoying more storage space in return for affordable prices. 3.5-inch hard drives reached the 1TB milestone and it didn’t take long before bigger drives were available. The switch to flash-based, solid state storage (SSD) happened not too long after. As the prices of flash memory and SSDs went down, these drives became more accessible to everyday users and faster drives became standard in desktop PCs and laptops alike. The SSD Revolution One of the reasons why SSDs are now so popular is the sheer performance this new type of drives offers. SSDs can deliver read and write speeds of up to 550MB/s. Some … [Read more...]