<div dir="ltr">Definitely. No looking back. I've been putting SSDs in the computers for quite a few years now. That's the single biggest longevity-increasing change I've ever made to the computers. You can mitigate the price increase by using appropriately sized storage for your needs. Patron computers, for instance, don't need insanely large storage. 120GB is more than sufficient for most patron computers, especially if they're frozen with Deep Freeze or similar.<div><br></div><div>When you consider that you can easily increase the <u>useful</u> lifespans of the computers by a few years by paying careful attention to the details of the hardware you're using, and you consider the time it takes to define, purchase, configure, roll-out new computers, and on-going support time...then spending just a little more money for something like an SSD reaps huge returns on your investment. This is <u>especially</u> true if you're outsourcing any part of that to a paid 3rd party like me. (Time is cost and when you're sitting there waiting for a computer to install a program, do updates, reboot, etc, all those minutes add up to less getting done and more money being spent. SSDs alone greatly reduce that waiting time in a computer.)</div><div><br></div><div>FWIW, the only place I still use traditional spinning drives is in the servers (for now), or in a few special cases where I might need huge storage. In a case where I might need huge storage, I'd still put the system on an SSD and add the spinning drive as a secondary for data only. Best of both worlds.</div><div><br></div><div>So two thumbs-up for SSDs. I'd give three if I had another thumb. :-)<br></div><div><br></div><div>2 cents,</div><div>Chad</div><div><br></div><div>Ps. Now what's REALLY intriguing is the new technology that'll be hitting the market in the near future that has a long-term storage device that's fast enough and reliable enough to be used as RAM. I sense a redesign of how the hardware uses RAM/storage in our future! I'd eventually expect hardware to no longer make a distinction between the two and we'll just have one storage device serving both purposes. "Unlimited" RAM? It would affect how software is written too. That'll be a paradigm shift!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in libraries and schools</i></font><br></div></div></div></div>
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