Which of the following are the advantages in using Solid State Drives (SSDs) rather than Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) in Laptop computers? A. SSD is much lighter than HDD. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
B. SSD has a lower power consumption than HDD.
C. SSDs are thick compared to HDDs due to no moving parts.
A and B only
Concept: A Solid State Drive (SSD) stores data on flash memory chips and has no moving mechanical parts, whereas a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) uses spinning magnetic platters and a moving read/write head. This structural difference gives SSDs several practical advantages in laptops.
Evaluating the statements:
Statement A: 'SSD is much lighter than HDD.' This is correct, because SSDs have no heavy spinning platters or motor, making them lighter and better suited to portable laptops.
Statement B: 'SSD has a lower power consumption than HDD.' This is correct, because there are no motors or moving parts to drive, so an SSD draws less power and helps battery life.
Statement C: 'SSDs are thick compared to HDDs due to no moving parts.' This is incorrect. Having no moving parts actually makes SSDs thinner and more compact, not thicker; the reasoning is the reverse of the truth.
Conclusion: Only the statements about being lighter and consuming less power are valid advantages, so the correct combination is those two statements together.
Why the other choices are wrong: Any option that includes the claim about SSDs being thick is wrong, because that statement is false; and the option with only lighter-plus-thick or lower-power-plus-thick therefore fails.
Takeaway: SSDs are lighter and more power-efficient, and their lack of moving parts makes them thinner, not thicker.
Correct answer: A and B only
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