First impressions: Solid State Drive (SSD) vs 7500 rpm HDD
So, my first impressions on SSD? It’s damn fast! Let me say that again, IT’S DAMN FAST!
Seriously, I’m talking about at least 10x faster… Check it out:
- Boot time on Ubuntu 9.10 (disregarding BIOS initial checkup time)
- 7500 rpm HDD: ~160 sec
- OCZ Solid Series 60GB SSD: ~20 sec; (what?! yes, your read correctly)
- Copying Files (ex: typical video of 600 MB)
- Before, with a “fast” 7500 rpm HDD: a lot… no need to mention, it was pretty lame…
- OCZ SSD: 12 seconds!
- Firefox Browsing / Overall Impression:
- Opening tabs, clicking back and other things are now instantaneous with SSD.
Check out this vid to see a guy doing a boot time test on a Ubuntu with SSD: Booting Ubuntu 9 04 with SSD
Even if you’re on a budget,you can start with the entry-level OCZ Solid Series…
Nowadays you can get one for less than $150 bucks… Here is where I got mine:
Based on some Internet reviews I thought this one would be too slow compared to the other options (i.e. Vertex), but It’s like comparing a Porsche 911 to a Bugatti Veyron, both are extremely faster than my Honda Civic 
Happy shopping! 