Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 6th Nov 2008 15:33 UTC, submitted by Gregory
It's no secret that SSDs suffer from performance penalties when it comes to small random writes. Even though more modern SSD try to solve some of these issues hardware-wise, software can also play a major role. Instead of resorting to things like delaying all writes until shutdown and storing them in RAM, SanDisk claims it has a better option. At WinHEC yesterday, the company introduced its Extreme FFS, which it claims will improve write performance on SSDs by a factor of 100.
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2007-03-26
The point is it shouldn't have to be like this any more.
It's all very good and well saying "people used to cope in my day", but the fact of the matter is people aren't using 286s and Windows 3.x any more. People expect their modern, bulky, multi-functional OS be all inclusive. They expect part of the hefty 1GB install (or whatever size Windows demands these days) to contain all the tools required to read all the mediums they use from day to day.
To take your argument further: in my day people coped without GUIs, HDDs, CDs and the internet - however I wouldn't expect anyone go back to the desktop BASIC days, nor would I say anyone complaining about a lack of internet or frustrated with their slow / uninturative GUI was "spoilt".
Oh, and your PDF analagy isn't wholely accurate either as you're effectively comparing a floppy disk (removable storage) to a word document (document format).
Edited 2008-11-07 09:47 UTC