SSD or Hard Drive on Your New Notebook or Netbook?

There's a nice article from I4U News on choosing between a conventional hard drive or the newer Solid State Drives (SSDs). With each type offering solid pros and cons, it is a dilemma netbook shoppers have to face in making their buying decision.

While SSDs are sturdier and faster, and consume less power, they generally have lower capacity barely enough for you to install other applications. Of course, if you all you do is surf, email, chat and do simple Office-type work, then most often, the pre-installed apps should be enough.

The problem, of course, is that for the same price you can get a 160GB HDD instead of the 8GB SSD. And clearly, 160GB HHD has far, far more storage space.

To help solve the dilemma, some manufacturers, like MSI, have began installing both an SSD and a HDD in the same unit (e.g. MSI Wind U115). While the hybrid set-up does provide for longer battery life while offering more storage it does come with a price premium.