You are correct, the Sammy 32GB SSD they tested is limited by its UltraATA/66 interface when compared to SATA disks, especially when reading data. However, you can see that the SSD crushes the fastest HDDs during XP boot, battery efficiency, and I/O performance.
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Thomas Ricker @ May 17th 2007 4:58AM
Schizoman,
Not true, at least not 100%. If this is the Tom's piece you are referring to:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/20/conventional_hard_drive_obsoletism/index.html
You are correct, the Sammy 32GB SSD they tested is limited by its UltraATA/66 interface when compared to SATA disks, especially when reading data. However, you can see that the SSD crushes the fastest HDDs during XP boot, battery efficiency, and I/O performance.
SSDs are not hype.
Thomas