SSD jumps down in price

[Michael Zacherl]

On Jul 2, 2008, at 2:50 PM, Tony Scharf wrote:

> Something to consider before taking that jump:
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/flash-based-hard-drives-cometh,1666.html
>
> Be sure to actually read the article.  the graphs and such are
> somewhat misleading, unless you read the whole article.
>
> in short - SSD drives actually consume more power than standard HDDs
> because standard HDDs shut themselves off and go into idle, while SSD
> drives consume a lower amount of power but do so constantly.

a question I asked myself some while ago: how often does the internal  
HDD o fmy MBP actually go into sleep mode/ do spin down/sit idle?
The OS should handle this, but does this actually happen?
Just wondering ...

--
feed your perception: http://blauwurf.at