You could get a better result with a tape measure and long division...

QUAD DAMAGE

That's the only explanation that I can accept. I don't think anyone is hating you, you are in general agreement with what looks like the popular opinion.

There is a difference, but there's heaps of evidence that tell us your ears won't be able to hear it.

They had to, because there was a banana in the tailpipe.

What size of files were being read/written to arrive at your number? This is important when comparing SSDs to platter drives, because SSDs tend to be better with smaller files.

And in the time it takes you to want/need the next upgrade, stuff will be cheaper anyway, as well as having the newest technology, standards, etc... Never buy on the bleeding edge. Buy where the best bang for buck is, which is usually where the most units (and commensurate lower profit margins) are.

FTFY

Friday, because a lot of people in my office either telecommute or have 9/80 schedules, or just take vacation/sick days on Fridays a lot. So there are just less people around to interrupt me and I can get more done.

Meant to say $60 .lt. $99

Really? One book per month makes it worth it alone? What's the average price of a book, like $5? (on the high side even.) So that's 12*$5 = $60 $99

Brilliant.

what's a tele-co?

Oh, and I wanted to also illustrate my point - before our latest computer refresh cycle, from power-on to useable desktop took me 12+ minutes, the last time I bothered to time it.

I work for a large company where the time savings of daily startup/shutdown, multiplied by tens of thousands of employees who use a company computer on a daily basis, would equate to tens of millions of dollars a year of time savings (very conservative estimate.) All of this for a very modest initial investment (it's not a new component, just a slightly more expensive existing one.)

If you could explain to me how I can make this business case to short-sighted idiots, I could probably get promoted to upper management. Sadly I haven't been able to (yet.)