Solid-state disk (SSD) drives are all the rage among techies. The drives use non-volatile NAND flash memory, meaning there are no moving parts. Because there is no actuator arm and read/write head ...
If you're shopping for computer components, there's a lot of information to parse to make sure you're getting the right items ...
Both hard drives and solid-state drives are fairly reliable, but both will also eventually fail, as all storage devices do. Which one actually lasts longer?
Hard disk drives may seem outdated and useless, now that solid state drives keep plummeting in price. But even with how relatively cheap SSDs are currently, buying a hard disk drive instead of an SSD ...