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frame_perfect
3831 days ago
2) It's probably not a disk. I'd bet it's an SSD, or something. I doubt he'd use an HDD considering how relatively cheap it is now... and considering how loaded he probably is.
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czechdeveloper
3831 days ago
SSD can also stand for Solid State Disk. Disk does not imply moving parts.
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frame_perfect
3830 days ago
No. It's only referred to that because people are stupid. It contains neither an actual disk nor a drive motor to spin a disk.
If SSD = Solid state disk, then HDD = Hard disk disk.
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1stop
3831 days ago
But it does imply a disc, as in a circular thing. SSDs are very square looking discs...
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mtanski
3831 days ago
It's kind of like apps still using the floppy drive icon to indicting Save action.
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mtanski
3831 days ago
SSD = solid state DISK
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frame_perfect
3830 days ago
Actually no. It's only referred to that because people are stupid. It contains neither an actual disk nor a drive motor to spin a disk.
HDD = HARD DISK drive
SSD = SOLID STATE drive
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samstave
3831 days ago
I thought it was drive, not disk.
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