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Hack&Lube · 10-18-2008, 11:00 PM

So my parents want to buy a netbook for travelling. The most common options between all the netbooks (Asus EeePC, Dell, Acer Aspire, etc.) are to choose either an 8GB Solid State Drive or a 120GB hard disk drive.

Now my parents don't need harddrive space for anything really but it would be nice to have. All they do is keep digital photos. I am thinking 8GB SDD would be enough and I like how SSD's are faster than HDDs.

My main concern is battery life. Do SSD drives have a significant benefit in terms of battery life over regular HDDs?

10-18-2008, 11:00 PM	#1
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	Netbooks: 8GB SSD vs 120GB HDD ??? Battery Life? So my parents want to buy a netbook for travelling. The most common options between all the netbooks (Asus EeePC, Dell, Acer Aspire, etc.) are to choose either an 8GB Solid State Drive or a 120GB hard disk drive. Now my parents don't need harddrive space for anything really but it would be nice to have. All they do is keep digital photos. I am thinking 8GB SDD would be enough and I like how SSD's are faster than HDDs. My main concern is battery life. Do SSD drives have a significant benefit in terms of battery life over regular HDDs?