<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 May 2012 18:38, James E Keenan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jkeen@verizon.net" target="_blank">jkeen@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I don't know what SSD means in this context? Can anyone explain?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Solid State Drive. Flash memory hard drive instead of the spinning disk. :) </div><div><br></div><div>And for the record: SSD is a huge performance increase when you do ANYTHING I/O based. I mean it. My MBP flies. Yes, it has a nicer processor than my old 'puter, but folks who have the same model and the traditional spinning disk HD have commented on the speed of my boot.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Having attempted to process CPAN before by expanding every tarball, I can tell you the difference is stunning between my old iMac and my MBP.</div><div><br></div><div>D</div><div><br></div></div><div>--</div>
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