Re: SSD benefits
It of course depends on the use case.
In laptops any speed increase is a bonus (which in price terms may more than pay for any difference), every miserly power consumption increase is a bonus., and reliability gives way to endurance - SSD's are much better at surviving being dropped off tables than spinning disks.
I just see this as a potential drawing level point in cost terms for a lot of use cases.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
