Extra cost of solid-state drive buys speedy performance There are two types of primary storage devices for modern computers - the more common hard disk drive and the newer solid-state drive. Inside it are a set of platters containing the digital data that comprise your operating system, applications and data files. A mechanical arm accesses these platters, much as a tone arm on a record player moves through the grooves of a record. The data is stored ...
July 10, 2013 - Houston Chronicle