Is 60GB on an SSD the same as 60GB on an HDD?

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TankerHC

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Havent really looked into it much but since all I see are these small SSD's for high prices I have to wonder, other than speed and noise reduction is there something about the size of the drives? For example, can you fit more on a 60GB SSD than on a 60GB HDD?
 
It's not just the speed, it's the latencies. It makes a MASSIVE difference. Actually, the essentially non-existent seek time is why SSDs are the shiz and all that.

But as far as the capacity goes, nope, still the same. The 60GB is same on both SSDs and HDDs.
 
hackapelite said:
It's not just the speed, it's the latencies. It makes a MASSIVE difference. Actually, the essentially non-existent seek time is why SSDs are the shiz and all that.

But as far as the capacity goes, nope, still the same. The 60GB is same on both SSDs and HDDs.
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SSDs also use less energy and much more durable to shock/drops.
 
Besides, 60GB means 60000MB in advertising. 1MB is REALLY 1024KB though, not 1000kb. So you're never getting the advertised space, even if "some cells are only used when another wears out" doesn't hold true.

So basically the capacity of a regular 60GB HDD and 60GB SSD is the same, give or take.
 
larsch said:
It will be 60. It will be something else after you convert the numer to a different system.
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hard drive manufacturers do their capacity in base 10(1000) while operating systems are base 2(1024)

60 gigabytes
60 x 1000 = 60,000 megabytes
60,000 x 1000 = 06,000,000 kilobytes
06,000,000 x 1000 = 60,000,000,000 bytes

What your OS sees
60,000,000,000 bytes / 1024 = 58,593,750 kilobytes
58,593,750 / 1024 = 57,220.45 Megabytes
57,220.45 / 1024 = 55.88 gigabytes
 
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