The first statement is just plain incorrect. In fact modern SSD’s like the Intel X-25M use much less energy than an equivalent HDD with a spinning platter.

http://www.tomshardware.com/gallery/,0101-157170-0—-jpg-.html

The second part of that statement is a myth. The myth of write endurance and lifespan has also been addressed and is not worth repeating any more for modern SSD’s. With average laptop lifetimes measured in small single digit years it is unlikely that any of us would ever bump up against the write endurance lifetime of these drives even if we used them for 10 times the average laptop lifespan. Read the article below to bust this one.

http://www.storagesearch.com/ssdmyths-endurance.html

Have any of you ever ‘worn out’ the flash on an iPod/iPhone, etc all of which use flash memory? I didn’t think so.

SSD’d, due to their solid state architecture also have *much* higher MTBF rates and can sustain physical abuse (G-Shock) that no existing spinning HDD’s come close to withstanding.

SSD’s are not the future of storage, they are the *now* of storage for those who crave high performance and reliability. The only remaining barrier is cost.