The list goes on, but the key to a portable device – the size of a external drive, could probably be why SSDs are so much more superior than their aging counterparts. Additionally, this also means that SSDs uses less power and produces less heat. Thirdly, with no moving parts, SSDs also performs much cooler than mechanical HDDs. For HDD, as the disk head has to physically move to the correct data address before reading, it takes up quite a bit of time before any data is read. For the layman, access time refers to the time taken for the drive to reach and read your data. Secondly, the access time of SSDs are much faster than a HDD.

In the past, any heavy impact on an external hard drive would be catastrophic, with data loss expected. Firstly, because there are no moving parts within a SSD, you won’t have to worry as much if you were to drop your drive.

Using SSD technology for external storage comes with many benefits. With falling prices of NAND flash and maturing SSD technologies, SSDs are starting to replace conventional mechanical hard drives which had ruled the market for external portable storage. Gone were the days where SSDs were considered a luxury item for PCs.

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