Intel's Optane Memory Makes Cheap Hard Drives as Fast as Expensive SSDs

Intel's Optane Memory Makes Cheap Hard Drives as Fast as Expensive SSDs Alex Cranz on Gizmodo, shared by Andy Orin to Lifehacker It isn't only the junk processor that makes a really cheap computer slow. Or the memory or the video card (or lack of video card). The primary reason your cheap laptop loudly chugs along at glacial speeds is because of the hard drive. Cheap laptops use cheap hard disk drives, which are much slower than the solid state… Read more... Bitloverr