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Windows 7 and SSDs: just how fast are they?
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/25/2011 09:18 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Ed Bott takes a look at the performance of SSD running under Windows 7
Does a solid-state drive make a difference in the performance of Windows 7?
In a word: Yes.
Conventional hard disks are typically the biggest bottleneck in any computing environment. If you can speed up disk activity, especially reads, the effects on system startup and application launch times can be breathtaking.
In a word: Yes.
Conventional hard disks are typically the biggest bottleneck in any computing environment. If you can speed up disk activity, especially reads, the effects on system startup and application launch times can be breathtaking.
Windows 7 and SSDs: just how fast are they?
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