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SSDs Don't Reduce Power-consumption, they Increase it »

Posted by: TheAttacks 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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And you thought your solid-state hard-drive (SSD) increased your laptop's battery life? Think again. In a new article, Tom's Hardware investigated the possibility that SSDs in fact increase power consumption of the system, and the results were astonishing.