According to Tom’s Hardware, SSDs (solid state disks) consume more power than conventional platter-based hard drives. It seems the theory behind this is that when a SSD is in use it consumes power at its maximum not matter the activity, whereas a platter-based hard drive consumes its maximum power only when the head is moving.
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Before Apple released Leopard, I wanted to speedup my MacBook Pro, which came standard with a 5400 RPM SATA laptop drive. It’s (at the time I purchased it) a stock MacBook Pro, with the Intel 2.33 Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, [...]