SSD consumes laptop battery faster than HDD?

jmke · 30th June 2008, 19:40

The results of our testing are a shock for anyone who cares about battery runtime, as our results prove unmistakably that battery runtimes do not increase when using flash based SSDs. As a matter of fact, most flash SSD products actually contribute to emptying your battery even faster! Mainstream flash SSDs — if they can even be called “mainstream” at prices of $500 and up — do not even provide convincing performance while they help to suck your battery empty quicker than before.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...tery,1955.html

30th June 2008, 21:37

Old news? I thought this was a known fact back when they were benching the MacBook Air.

30th June 2008, 19:40	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	SSD consumes laptop battery faster than HDD? The results of our testing are a shock for anyone who cares about battery runtime, as our results prove unmistakably that battery runtimes do not increase when using flash based SSDs. As a matter of fact, most flash SSD products actually contribute to emptying your battery even faster! Mainstream flash SSDs — if they can even be called “mainstream” at prices of $500 and up — do not even provide convincing performance while they help to suck your battery empty quicker than before. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...tery,1955.html __________________

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30th June 2008, 21:37	#2
phlegm Posts: n/a	Old news? I thought this was a known fact back when they were benching the MacBook Air.