SSD Drawbacks
1. Like mechanical hard drives of yore, SSDs have varying qualities between manufacturers that are more than negligible. Many can go to a brick and mortar store like Fry's Electronics or Best Buy and grab a mechanical hard drive from one of the many well established manufacturers. These consumers would be confident in knowing that the drive will work well and similar to other drives in the category. The SSD manufacturers are still making improvements from generation to generation and will continue to do so until innovation starts to slow for this technology. This causes many different levels of quality with many different ratings for transfer rates, power consumption, and others. Fortunately though, there are plenty of great manufacturers to choose from that have lent their well-respected brand name accompanying support to their SSD.
2. Expanding on the first point. Some older and lower capacity SSDs are floating around that are a detriment to the image of current incarnations in that they have intermittent stuttering and other issues. Make sure to do some research into a few drives before taking the plunge.
3. Price is unfortunately the largest drawback. Here are some examples:
| Manufacturer | Form Factor | Capacity | Price | Price per Gigabyte(GB) |
| Patriot | 2.5" | 32GB | $111.99 | $3.50 |
| Corsair | 2.5" | 64GB | $209.00 | $3.26 |
| OCZ | 2.5" | 120GB | $384.99 | $3.21 |
| Crucial | 2.5" | 256GB | $675.00 | $2.63 |
| Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM (Mechanical Hard Drive) | 3.5" | 1.5TB | $119.99 | $0.08* |
| Seagate Momentus 7200RPM (Mechanical Hard Drive) | 2.5" | 500GB | $109.99 | $0.22 |
*Based on 1000GB in 1TB for simplicity
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