How Would You Explain an SSD to Your Mother?

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[citation][nom]monsta[/nom]Sorry but seriously what a dumb competition, like Samsung cares what your mother thinks , and like your mother cares what an SSD is........... where is your imagination guys?[/citation]

They're just looking for ways to market it to the general public.
 
[citation][nom]ta152h[/nom]It's kind of pathetic that most people here think their mother is almost retarded and they have to make "homemaker" analogies for them to understand. My mother earned two master degrees; more than I have. Also keep in mind that, for males, slightly over half your DNA came from her. So if she's so stupid, what does that make you? If you can't explain why an SSD makes a difference, that's probably your own communication skills failing, or her disinterest in something she considers unimportant. A cooking analogy reinforces the probability of the first being likely. The second is mitigated by keeping it quick and simple, again pointing to a failure to communicate by not understanding your audience.[/citation]

I think this article assumes that your mother is not very tech savvy. Maybe you should sit in the corner and re-evaluate your comprehension skills. Hey! No thinking about SSDs!
 
[citation][nom]fatman01923[/nom]Hey mom in comparing a HDD with a SSD in terms of speed. The HDD moves like a helicopter, while the SSD moves like a jet.[/citation]

Many modern helicopters use jets for power. Turbo prop "jets" sometimes fly slower than fast helicopters. Your understanding of aircraft might be improved upon before using them to try to reference something else.
 
[citation][nom]phyrexiancure[/nom]Are the going to use our ideas to help them advertise?[/citation]

I don't know, why don't you write an article asking for people's opinions on the matter and post it on TWIT-ter...

In other words, uhh...ya think? "Articles" like this one just go to show that Best of Media screwed up Tom's when they bought it years ago and accepts bribes from companies to put them at the forefront.
 
It wont break if you throw it out the window, and it runs faster than an olympian.
 
I always use the bottleneck analogy first to explain why faster components are needed. Then I explain that mechanical things wear out. Hard drives, are spinning magnetic disks sort of like a record player. There is friction, and it causes heat and uses electricity to power the spin. If a powered hard drive has a enough impact (ie you drop your laptop) the head that reads the disk will smash into the spinning disk causing it to get shredded, thus losing data stored on the disk. I tend to mention the RPMs too, to give them an idea of how fast it actually spins.

I then go on to say that solid state disks are kind of like a USB flash drive but are faster and are made in the form of a hard drive for use inside a computer. They use less power than a typical hard drive, don't create heat like a hard drive (advantages of this are systems don't overheat, laptops aren't so hot on your lap, and air conditioners in office buildings don't have to work as hard), and can handle the shock from a fall better - so they are great in a laptop. Heat is bad for mechanical components, especially mechanical ones which is why cars have radiators.

By this point she's really starting to understand that solid state disks are a great improvement over hard drives, and I haven't even told her they are a lot faster, removing the bottleneck I mentioned.

As I walk away, her mind is rolling and she's impressed at how researched I am about modern day equipment that she knows virtually nothing about. I smile, knowing this and grab another homemade delicious cookie. I'm 31, but its the holidays and I know she'll be baking.
 
[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]I always use the bottleneck analogy first to explain why faster components are needed. Then I explain that mechanical things wear out. Hard drives, are spinning magnetic disks sort of like a record player. There is friction, and it causes heat and uses electricity to power the spin. If a powered hard drive has a enough impact (ie you drop your laptop) the head that reads the disk will smash into the spinning disk causing it to get shredded, thus losing data stored on the disk. I tend to mention the RPMs too, to give them an idea of how fast it actually spins.I then go on to say that solid state disks are kind of like a USB flash drive but are faster and are made in the form of a hard drive for use inside a computer. They use less power than a typical hard drive, don't create heat like a hard drive (advantages of this are systems don't overheat, laptops aren't so hot on your lap, and air conditioners in office buildings don't have to work as hard), and can handle the shock from a fall better - so they are great in a laptop. Heat is bad for mechanical components, especially mechanical ones which is why cars have radiators.By this point she's really starting to understand that solid state disks are a great improvement over hard drives, and I haven't even told her they are a lot faster, removing the bottleneck I mentioned.As I walk away, her mind is rolling and she's impressed at how researched I am about modern day equipment that she knows virtually nothing about. I smile, knowing this and grab another homemade delicious cookie. I'm 31, but its the holidays and I know she'll be baking.[/citation]

Correct but not catchy.
 
An analogy, a hard drive is like a book, where you have to locate the data on whichever page it is on, then access it.
an SSD is like your brain, instant recall.
 
It is useless to explain how the computer is arranged, almost all users is simply not interested. You just need advice to buy SSD, because it's faster HDD.
 
The number of really bad responses during this brainstorming session is no doubt why they opened it up to the public. All their advertising guys had the same stupid ideas and they hoped someone else could come up with something better to market SSDs to the general non-tech savvy public.
 
[citation][nom]lp231[/nom]My mother isn't retarded and I'm sure none of yours are either. People come to THG are most likely techies like I am and can explain in technical terms between a SSD and HDD, but that's our own language outsiders may not understand. Using "homemaker" analogies is a simple way to your point across to make a mother understand what a SSD is by using items she's familiar with.If you were to tell your dad what's a SSD, the simple method is to use car analogies.P.S. Your comment is the most retarded I've ever read and not only that, let's see how well you explain a SSD to your mother.[/citation]

You're a complete idiot. You assume all women only know about homemaker things like baking, and men only know about cars. What a twit.

Most people here don't know the difference between a nand gate and a nor gate, and are really gamers who want to know what makes their games faster. Knowing the difference between an EEPROM (look it up) and a Winchester technology disk is very simple, and pretty easy to get across.

Talking about baking a cake, and this or that spinning, is plainly retarded. You're obviously of inferior genetics so I don't know what your reality is, but most normal people can easily understand the difference between the two if you know how to communicate with them. That assumes they even care. You have to gauge your audience. Do they want to know the technical difference, or the impact as it relates to them. The former wouldn't relate to cooking a cake, and the latter could be explained without mentioning an egg-timer.

Don't breed, your kids might be as retarded as you assume women are. I'll give you a hint, it's not all women, it's just those in your DNA line.
 
[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]I always use the bottleneck analogy first to explain why faster components are needed. Then I explain that mechanical things wear out. Hard drives, are spinning magnetic disks sort of like a record player. There is friction, and it causes heat and uses electricity to power the spin. If a powered hard drive has a enough impact (ie you drop your laptop) the head that reads the disk will smash into the spinning disk causing it to get shredded, thus losing data stored on the disk. I tend to mention the RPMs too, to give them an idea of how fast it actually spins.I then go on to say that solid state disks are kind of like a USB flash drive but are faster and are made in the form of a hard drive for use inside a computer. They use less power than a typical hard drive, don't create heat like a hard drive (advantages of this are systems don't overheat, laptops aren't so hot on your lap, and air conditioners in office buildings don't have to work as hard), and can handle the shock from a fall better - so they are great in a laptop. Heat is bad for mechanical components, especially mechanical ones which is why cars have radiators.By this point she's really starting to understand that solid state disks are a great improvement over hard drives, and I haven't even told her they are a lot faster, removing the bottleneck I mentioned.As I walk away, her mind is rolling and she's impressed at how researched I am about modern day equipment that she knows virtually nothing about. I smile, knowing this and grab another homemade delicious cookie. I'm 31, but its the holidays and I know she'll be baking.[/citation]

You should probably learn more before you confused people with your disinformation. In fact, SSDs wear out too. Go read up on write cycles and such. They seem to be getting lower as well. That's why a lot of people aren't comfortable with them.

Also, your understanding of electronics is equally poor. Electronics hate heat, in many cases more than mechanical things do. Try running your computer the same temperature as an engine block. Roast your SSD at that temperature, while you're at it. I'll give you a clue, because someone that likes to sound smart should actually know something, and you don't seem to. That's how electronics wear out. Heating and cooling causes expansion and contraction, and over time causes electroncs to fail. Haven't you ever wondered how a motherboard could "wear out" when all it does is just lay there? Now you know.

Go to college and get an education. You talk a lot and know a little. Better the reverse.
 
The hard drive is like a merry-go-round in an amusement park, and the data is the people:
It has to stop for us to hop in and out, and it turns one step every time to do so.

On the 21st century SSD merry-go-round:
We can all hop in or out at the same time, and it doesn't even need to stop turning.
 
[citation][nom]ta152h[/nom]It's kind of pathetic that most people here think their mother is almost retarded and they have to make "homemaker" analogies for them to understand. My mother earned two master degrees; more than I have. Also keep in mind that, for males, slightly over half your DNA came from her. So if she's so stupid, what does that make you? If you can't explain why an SSD makes a difference, that's probably your own communication skills failing, or her disinterest in something she considers unimportant. A cooking analogy reinforces the probability of the first being likely. The second is mitigated by keeping it quick and simple, again pointing to a failure to communicate by not understanding your audience.[/citation]

most people are either stupid or retarded, I don't see why mothers would be an exception... still, here is my entry:

You know mom, you're like a regular hard drive. when you have a bunch of things to fetch you go get them by hand where they are, like the groceries or other places. this can take all day if you have a lot of things to get like shoes and clothes for kids... and I'm not even includind the time it takes to get the kid ready BEFORE leaving the house... if only you had magic powers, then you could fetch everything at once without leaving the house and then spend your free time at the park with the kids while having your starbucks. Thats how a SSD works for your computer, it's like the witch mom of all computer parts
 
hello, i saw this in the terms and conditions:
13. FOR SAFETY REASONS it is important that Participants do not include or reveal any personal information (e.g. name, contact details, etc) in any Content. If any Entry contains any content with this information it will be deemed invalid.

so does this mean, we should not include our names in the entry?, almost all the entries thus far, seem to have real names..

if someone could clarify this, it would be much appreciated:)
 


That makes no sense; since there're fields that EXPLICITLY ask for your full name! I think that this simply means that you shouldn't include your personal info in the contest text itself, but only in the designated field.
 
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