4 reasons why you should get Solid-state drives

It's been about 2 weeks since I got my new laptop with an SSD. The initial impression was not too great, but it's keep improving. I realized many advantages that I didn't expect. I list some here although I might post 4 reasons why should not in a few months.

1. It's quiet. No noise. I've never seen any laptop this quiet. The most quiet one I had was the Sony Vaio laptop (about 7 years ago). But this one is a different level.

2. It's cool. No heat. Again, I don't think any laptops without SSDs can compete with this one. I once got surprised touching my old laptop, so hot! Once you taste SSDs, I say there is no turning back.

3. It's free from any concerns about disk damage. No moving disk part. I was installing MS Visual Studio while walking and driving. I also close the lid without waiting for the computer to go off. Just put it in my backpack as soon as I hit the power button.

4. It's fast. My feeling is it's about 30% ~ 100% faster. It doesn't give you an instant booting or hibernation, but it's satisfactory. But honestly, I'm not sure wheter it's fast because it's new or it has a SSD. Probably a combination of both.

New laptop

I finally got my new laptop. IBM Lenovo T400, 4G, 128G SSD. WXGXA+.
It's 14 inch but bigger and heavier than my 15 inch HP laptop. Together with its looks, it feels like some metal box. SSD feels faster, but not blazingly faster. Screen resolution is satisfactory. I feel a big difference between 800 and 900.