FAST DISK READS – BUT SLOWER WRITES?
Flash memory is faster to Read From – than Write To. So certain things like computer startup, application launch, document opening can benefit dramatically! Conversely, write-intensive apps like Sound or Video Editing, anything which works on SEQUENTIAL writing large files might be better served by cheaper HDD hard disk technology. Many opt for a solid-state Boot drive, with a high capaticty 2nd spinning-platter drive for the best of BOTH worlds. The addition of larger cache memory on recent SSD controller chip sets has improved, and made for much faster and smoother write speeds. TIP: Anything you can do to minimize writes is smart. Bumping up the RAM in your computer along with an SSD drive purchase may be the BEST way to minimize disk swapping in Mac OS X or Windows XP – Vista and help real-world SSD performance. Maxing to 4+ Gb of RAM along with your flash disk drive purchase makes ALOT of sense. Advances in Operating Systems will begin to factor-in SDD’s and in the future will imp
