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Ever since we released the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSDs a little over a year ago, we\u2019ve talked a lot about the dramatic impact it has on performance. We\u2019ve shown several video shootouts<\/a>, had many third party reviews<\/a>, and even had an in-depth dissection on its performance<\/a>. I think it would be safe to say we\u2019ve given substantial evidence to backup those claims of speed improvement.<\/p>\n

What we haven\u2019t <\/em>talked about much, however, is how much less power our SSDs use when compared to a standard hard drive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The fact that SSDs use less power than their platter-based counterparts isn\u2019t all that hard to understand. After all, an SSD need only read data from flash memory, while a platter-based drive has to spin a metal disk (or disks) at 4200-10,000rpm and move an actuator arm, resulting in a greater power draw. The practical upshot of this is that an SSD-equipped machine will not only run faster than an identical one running off a platter-based drive, but will also do so while using considerably less energy<\/strong>. While this is great in a desktop machine, where this really <\/em>makes an impact is in a laptop, where every little bit of energy conservation will extend battery run time.<\/p>\n

This also applies to external, bus-powered devices. The less power it draws, the longer you can run it off your laptop without the need for a power adapter. This makes bus-powered dual-drive enclosures with SSDs inside, such as the OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual mini<\/a> or the NewerTech Guardian MAXimus mini<\/a>, an even even better portable storage solution.<\/p>\n

This is such a important point that Lloyd Chambers of Mac Performance Guide highlighted it in his in-depth review of our dual-drive enclosures<\/a>. While the entire article is a good read, the section about power draw really drives home the point about the power efficiency of solid state drives…whether at idle or during use.<\/p>\n

I highly recommend you check it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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