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SSD isn't automatically faster than a traditional HD, as people using SD cards to boot ARM boards have found out.

The SSD in the Chomebook for instance gets about 64 MB/s sequential read, 17 MB/s sequential write, 4 MB/s random 4k read and 1 MB/s random 4k write.

Which in practice is probably better than a 5400 RPM HD, but there's still a magnitude of difference from a most laptop SSDs.