[slowdown]

You are talking based on your own experience. I am talking based on mine and 12 others I know of. No offence, but you get the point, right? :)

[microtonal]

That's the whole point of my comment. It's anecdotical evidence and you'll find as many people having the opposite experience (ie. me).

If you look at the actual failure rate, it's well known that the failure rates of SSDs are well below those of HDDs:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2319966

(With the notable exception of the aforementioned brand.)

[foobarbazqux]

The thing about personal experience is that you can't really quantify it. His 3 anecdotes (3 SSDs over 3 years) are just as valid as your 13 anecdotes.