using ssd drives in photo editing

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Luis ORTEGA
Oct 6, 2009
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I am thinking about upgrading a 7200 rpm hard drive in my laptop to an ssd drive.

I was wondering if these drives will result in a real performance benefit for photoshop editing in particular.

I read that because of the differences in read/write times and other factors, ssd drives may not improve performance in some situations. Thanks for any advice.
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Oct 7, 2009
On Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:07:36 +0100, Luis Ortega in alt.graphics.photoshop wrote:
I am thinking about upgrading a 7200 rpm hard drive in my laptop to an ssd drive.

I wouldn’t use SSD drives just yet — The performance of them is all over the map. Wait until the technology improves. SATA is still faster and reliable in my opinion.

I was wondering if these drives will result in a real performance benefit for photoshop editing in particular.

No, the reason they’re used mostly (today) is for the power savings on small devices <ie> netbooks; therefore less heat, no fans.

This will surely improve going forward. In terms of productio; It’s not always sane to be on the bleeding edge of technology.

I read that because of the differences in read/write times and other factors, ssd drives may not improve performance in some situations. Thanks for any advice.

That’s correct.

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