Heat dissipation SSD v Hard Drive?

[wrkactjob]

Thinking of buying a MB Pro and toying with idea of SSD as I plan to stor my films on a seperate device so don't need a large drive.

Does having SSD mean the laptop will not heat up as much or is there no difference?

 

[CJS7070]

I've heard that they generally run cooler than conventional drives.

 

[Hellhammer]

SSDs have no moving parts so they consume very little amount of power and because of that, they run much cooler than HDs

 

[wrkactjob]

Thanks, I guess it was a dumb question really but thanks for confirming.

 

[MacBird]

I installed a SSD in my unibody MacBook Pro and the right side is noticeably cooler than before. iStat does not even report the temperature.

 

[kdum8]

SSDs are superior in nearly every way to a standard platter-type hard disk.

Alas, they are still not available in very large capacities at anything like reasonable cost so for most of us standard drives are still a necessity.

Eventually though when the cost comes down SSD drives will be in all laptops. They are just so much better. Faster, cooler, quieter, longer lifespan..etc etc I would get one now but anything over 250 GB which I really need is just too expensive..