I recently bought a SSD drive and swapped my system and applications onto it in my 08 mac pro, while leaving my user folder on the HDD and linking to it with the account pref pane. I did this as ...

HDD and SSD are both used for storing data, but their functions and benefits are quite distinct. Let's break down the key differences between the two to help you understand which one might be the ...

As the video (below) demonstrates, the SSD was able to finish booting and connect to a wireless network while the HDD model was still spinning its gear on the grey boot screen.

Time is money. Boot time, app load times, searches, renderings, saves, copy, cut and paste are all an average of six times faster using SSD over a traditional hard disk. The benefits extend ...