JKontherun has published a couple of posts over the last few days about the Samsung Q1 SSD. SSD stands for “solid state disk”. Its a non-spinning memory disk that, although is expensive, reduces power requirements and brings speed improvements to the standard Q1.
For good overview, see the ‘Quick Impressions’ post. JK is getting over 3 hours from his battery under normal usage which is great.
There’s a battery life test result here too which shows he’s getting about 15% more battery life under full load conditions.
Replacing the standard disk with the memory disk should save about 1 Watt in power so with the normal Q1 running at about 12w/hr average and 15-17W under full load, that sounds right to me. Under low-use scenarios, it will give 8-10% improvement.
With the Q1b on the horizon (claimed 60% increase in battery life over the standard Q1) the SSD version of the Q1 may become more difficult to justify unless you put a high value on ruggedness and the slight speed increase.
Regards
Steve / Chippy.
