Before getting a drive I did some rough comparisons-- it’s sort of apples and oranges, because the ssds are rated with an estimated number of write/erases vs “mean time between failures” with a conventional hdd…but considering my last work drive lasted me a good seven or eight years (they’re getting better and better), and my computer’s on all the time, if the specs are reasonably accurate my ssd should last at least twice as long, if not longer, than that hdd.
Oh, it’s backed up, all right. Twice. So… we’ll see!
So, hear, hear to “foolish pioneering”! Like Martijn-- if it blows up I’ll get a new one, too. The increase in speed really shoots the ssd into “can’t go back” territory (though-- [off topic] it definitely speeds up save time, in my case it ameliorates, but doesn’t solve the long save time on big projects with lots of edits issue[/off topic]. I’m going to get another after the next price drop…
Chewy