We made custom hand held devices for the military. These units were used in both theatres. The early ones had a platter drive. The moment we could buy SSD's (Solid State Drives) we made the switch. These units lived very hard lives, and to my knowledge, there has yet to be an SSD failure.
Bootup times were reduced by ~60%. When you read and write to the SSD, its in the neighborhood of 40X faster. The SSD's are faster, quieter, cooler and consume less power.
The platter drive is on the cusp of becoming obsolete.
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