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So… hard drives to remain a while longer?

Tom's Hardware did some testing on solid state drives vs regular hard drives. They found that claims of lower power consumption through SSD usage is just plain untrue. Okay, so when the manufacturers first came up with the claim, seems that nobody would refute them, thinking that lack of moving parts (no spinning disk, no laser needle to power) means less energy used, therefore extending battery life.

Apparently even the 7200rpm 2.5-inch drives found in high performance notebooks use less power because they're far more advanced in terms of power saving features. This would likely to annoy those who bought MacBook Airs or Lenovo X300s with SSD.

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