Hard disk drives (HDDs), what are they good for? Absolutely everything—except speed.
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The BackBlaze Hard Drive Stats for 2020 are out, and they show us exactly which models are the most reliable under heavy use. But why settle for a slow, spinning HDD these days when faster, smaller solid state drives (SSDs) are the norm?
“While hard drives may seem old-fashioned, they still play an important role in our daily lives,” Gregory Maksiuk, software engineer at CleanMyMac X, told Lifewire via direct message.
"Solid-state drives are superior in terms of speed, power consumption, size and durability. On the other hand, they are much more expensive in terms of cost per bit, compared to their predecessors."