Will Windows 7 bring SSDs to mainstream?
Solid State Drives or SSDs are supposed to be the future of hard disks, sporting faster read and access times, lower latency times, and higher reliability rates. It’s too bad that the cheapest 80GB SSDs are still in the neighbourhood of $350.
The good news is that according to Digitimes, memory makers are expecting Windows 7 to increase demand for SSDs since the operating system is optmized to take advantage of them. The manufacturers’ confidence in SSDs could mean a shorter timeline before SSDs hit mainstream and begin to have affordable prices.
Back in November, we wrote an article about how Windows 7 will improve on SSD Performance. Here are some of the main optimizations:
- SSD’s will be partitioned differently from conventional hard disks to lessen the number of redundant read-write cycles
- Upon detection of an installed SSD, Windows 7 will automatically disable defragmentation since SSD’s do not need to be defragged and doing so only reduces the lifespan of SSDs
- Windows 7′s “trim” feature will improve SSD performance in three ways: reduce the amount of data to be deleted, delete garbage data in advance, and maximize the amount of unused data. Trim will help increase write speed and prolong the lifespan of Solid State Drives.
Previous benchmark tests comparing SSD performance between Windows 7 and Vista SP1 showed that Windows 7 came on top in terms of read speeds, write speeds, and access time. These optimizations made to improve Solid State Drive performance in Windows 7 have raised the expectations of NAND flash chip manufacturers to expect an increase in demand. Will Windows 7 bring SSDs to mainstream? Let us know.
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Sounds very interesting
Sounds expensive and yet something that I plan to upgrade to. I’m in high school though so I still can bum some money off of parents…enough to cover half the cost of the SSD. I just hope the price comes down a bit more which will be likely. Birthday sounds good to me. I also have to pay for Windows 7 though…
total pr nonsence.
win 7 has many install issues with drive detection,most having to do with media type pc where sata and ide live along side media cards.
there is also other issues that cause problems with install but by far the worst is ssd.
ssd drive detection and the fact win 7 is really ssd and was turned out rather fast along with the fact new ssd are being turned out now cause many issues for a install.
just google cant install win 7 or ssd and you see what i mean.
i been working on this for some time and you take your chances with ssd on any givin set up.
hard drives never came out in such numbers and brands as ssd do now or with so many controller types.
this in itself lends itself to issues for any software maker and the fact that win 7 comes out early in the ssd rush where prices are high only can make matter worse for ssd makers.
win 7 took around 2 years where vista took 7 years and had poor results.
i dont see a gamable install pushing sales or the fact drives fails without warning.
yes this happens alot and dose not with platter drives.
ssd are the future but that future right now is no where near where platter drives are.
how ever this will cause platter drives to be pushed to there very limits and thats really something great.
ssd right now cant replace a platter drive.
Wonderful publish. Thank you pro sharing!