SSDs Get Connection-Heavy: eSATA and USB!

When you're going to use a new solid-state drive, you can expect to hook it up to your computer in one of two ways. For some drives, that's a SATA connection. For others (especially those bundled in external storage enclosures), that could involve the use of a USB cable, which brings up a whole new argument as to why you're coupling a fast hard drive with a slow connection.

Suffice, you're going to be restricted to a single connection option for most, if not all SSDs. We say that as we do, for two new SSD drive lines have emerged that offer you the choice of both connections on a single device. This fulfills two usage scenarios--speedy, continued access to a hard drive by plopping it into a PC, as well as convenience of being able to carry a drive around and externally connect it to different desktop and laptop computers.

  • I think that a faster connection is all they could think of to somewhat improve the speed of the drive.
    Probably because of their limitation on the controller. I doubt that this drive will become fast enough to run an OS from it.

    Until today I find no SSD is worth buying unless they somewhat can run an OS faster than on a HD. And a good controller is the one thing these brands are missing!
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