| Are you wondering what the buzz about Solid State | | | | Latency and 0.2 ms Access Times for a more |
| Disks (SSDs) is all about and whether they're right for | | | | responsive experience. |
| you? Read on to learn how SSDs are better than | | | | Longer Battery Run-Time: |
| conventional hard drives and who should upgrade their | | | | Transcends SSDs use up to 46% less power, allowing |
| desktop or laptop hard drive with an SSD. | | | | your laptop battery to last longer. |
| Conventional hard drives are built using mechanical, | | | | Resistant to Impact, Vibration & Extreme |
| moving parts that limit the computer's speed, consume | | | | Environments: |
| excessive power and have delicate parts that break | | | | SSDs are many times more resistant to damage |
| down or are easily damaged. Solid State Disks offer | | | | caused by an impact (such as dropping your laptop) |
| better performance, consume less power and boast | | | | and vibration exposure. Transcend's SSDs can |
| extreme reliability and durability...among other benefits. | | | | tolerate extreme environments due to a wider |
| For Example: When you click to open a program like | | | | operating temperature range of around 32 - 158 |
| Internet Explorer or Microsoft Word, you often are | | | | degrees Fahrenheit (versus conventional hard drive |
| waiting for the hard drive to find and retrieve the | | | | range of 41 - 131 degrees Fahrenheit). |
| program while you wait for it to open. The same thing | | | | Cool & Quiet: |
| happens when you start up your computer from a | | | | SSDs produce zero noise and vibration and run 20% |
| powered off state. SSDs, however, have no moving | | | | cooler. Less heat means less energy is needed to for |
| parts to slow it down. Instead, they are built using | | | | internal fans cool the system. This allows for greater |
| electronic memory chips that allow for much faster | | | | protection against damaging heat produced within the |
| performance, lower power consumption, extreme | | | | system. Since the fans run less, this extends the |
| reliability and durability...among other benefits. | | | | battery run-time even further. |
| Here are Five Reasons SSDs are better than | | | | Light-Weight: |
| Conventional Hard Drives | | | | SSDs weigh 50% less, lightening your laptop instantly. |
| High Speed Transfer Rates: | | | | Who Should Switch to SSDs? |
| SSDs provide up to 45% Faster Boot time for | | | | Virtually anyone who wants to speed up their existing |
| Windows XP and 67% faster application load time. | | | | Desktop, Laptop or even Netbook computer would |
| That means less time waiting for your computer and | | | | see benefits in switching to an SSD for their primary |
| more productivity. Transcend, a trusted manufacturer | | | | operating system drive. SSDs come in various sizes |
| of quality SSDs, claims a laptop running Windows XP | | | | and speed classes to fit just about any computer or |
| that starts up in 37 seconds with a mechanical hard | | | | need. Transcend produces SSDs with various |
| drive will but as fast as 20 seconds using an SSD. | | | | interface connector types, including IDE SSDs, SATA |
| Although the speed varies with each SSD model and | | | | SSDs, and mini-PCI-E and ZIF SSDs, including the very |
| capacity, this gives you an idea of the difference you | | | | affordable MLC and the faster performing SLC speed |
| may experience. | | | | drives for each type. For operating system installations, |
| Technically speaking, Transcend SSDs boast 0ms | | | | Transcend recommends the faster SLC SSD drives. |