Digital BW, The Print

I was under the impression that read/write speeds for solid state drives are extremely fast. I also thought that the problem with their relatively short lifetimes was solved. 

I'll keep an eye out for more information. Thanks for supplying the link. 


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Dale Hoffman <dhoff@...> wrote:
>
> You may want to reconsider solid state drives for use in write  
> intensive operations such as Photoshop scratch disk.
> According to Wikipedia solid state drives have slower write speeds  
> than the conventional spinning type.
> 
> Go here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive) and scroll  
> halfway down the article to the section on "Disadvantages". There are  
> some other issues to be aware of as well.
> 
> Best,
> Dale Hoffman
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 8, 2009, at 1:02 PM, rcoolbreeze2000 wrote:
> >
> >
> > I may make one change to my computer system. I may add another 64Gb  
> > solid state hard drive which I would dedicate solely as a Photoshop  
> > scratch disk. The solid state drive would be considerably faster  
> > than a spinning hard drive, even one spinning at 10,000rpm. This  
> > might even be more cost effective and just about as good as adding  
> > more RAM.