SSD vs. SATA

[Winterherz]

Which of them gives out less heat on the surface? i hate to be dependent on notebook coolers

EDIT: forgot to mention, on 2010 macbook pro 13-inch

 

[Samuraid]

SSDs generally have a lower power consumption and thus would likely generate less heat.
You'd also get significantly more performance than a magnetic HDD.

 

[Winterherz]

SSDs generally have a lower power consumption and thus would likely generate less heat.
You'd also get significantly more performance than a magnetic HDD.

This fits my preference. that's why i'm getting macbook pro for work. sufficient battery life

Thanks:thup:

p.s: i hate netbooks

 

[Slapshot136]

just a note, sata is a type of connection that both HDDs and SSDs use, it's replacing IDE and being upgraded to sata 3

 

[Duwenbasden]

Idle: SSD
Underload for 5 min: HDD.

Tested by touch on my fujitsu u820, before and after upgrade.

 

[Vicboy]

I don't like SSD. They're not big enough yet. They're not cheap too...

 

[JerseyFoo]

The surface heat is mainly coming from your power supply, and SSD's use much less power. Although the money would be better spent on a cooler CPU or GPU, I suppose if you're buying Mac; value is no issue.

Also, Duwenbasden, how much more work did the SSD complete in those 5 minutes? It'd be hard to keep a SSD under load, especially on a laptop for personal computing.

 

[Duwenbasden]

The idle temperature is warmer from the SSD. However, I still recommend one, especially when the fastest hard drive i can get for my u820 is a 5400rpm.