Whenever I see that kind of info I get a bit puzzled because I don't understand what that means in every day usage.
So I figured I can compare my new SSD's speed to older HDD in minutes and seconds.
HDD vs SSD
Windows 8 installation:
This is the most impressive of all the measurements.
HDD took 5min 30sec, while the SSD did the same in 3min 21sec.
Installing Windows in 3min 21sec was a pretty interesting experience.
Windows start-up:
33 seconds until BIOS check, 15 seconds afterwards.
14 seconds until BIOS check, 20 seconds afterwards.
Well, I guess not having a moving parts has something to do with faster BIOS check (although 19 seconds difference seems a bit too long) but I don't know why it takes 5 seconds longer to load Windows.
MS-Office 2007 installation:
<3min vs <2min
Yes, SSD is faster.
Restart the computer:
1min 40sec vs 42sec
MATLAB start:
Usually people use Photoshop to test this, but I don't use it any longer. It turned out other lighter, smaller, and free programs work as just good. So no Photoshop loading test. However, I figured it takes quite some time to start MATLAB, so here it is.
20sec vs <4sec
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| Yes. Less than 4 seconds until it says "ready" |
Yes, it's faster with SSD, and when I surf the web I can feel the difference as well.
I have a habit of opening 30-40 tabs on the Firefox at once and close them one by one as I read each page. With HDD when I move onto the next tab, there's slight delay in loading/placing pictures on the page. With SSD this delay is gone.
I start FireFox 11 by clicking the icon, and before my hand is off of the mouse and on to the keyboard, the window is open and ready to go.
If you're wondering if it's worth the extra money compared to HDDs, yes it is.
Get SSD for yourself soon.
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