Is their a bad side to have flash memory and not a HD

[ny2nctova]

Title says it all.

 

[ahlong]

i guess once it f's up.. it's f'd up for good.. with a HDD, I think you can still send it in for data recovery etc.

 

[sparkie7]

nothing a chisel + hammer, and soldering iron can't fix. ever heard of DIY?

Duff It up Yourself

 

[rgarjr]

well of course the downside of having flash chips instead of an actual enclosed drive is that you can't upgrade, so you're stuck with it comes with.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

It's expensive and can't hold as much data as traditional hard disks, and the way its implemented into the Air means it's next to impossible to upgrade.

 

[fuzzielitlpanda]

the # of writes and maybe lack of trim? interested in seeing how the new ssd compares to the traditional 2.5" drives

 

[Bernard SG]

Disk capacity.

 

[slipper]

i guess once it f's up.. it's f'd up for good.. with a HDD, I think you can still send it in for data recovery etc.

What he said.