I'm finding it hard to believe that the difference is about zero. I think it depends _a lot_ on the usage pattern, and while your statement might be true for the majority of users, some people _are_ experiencing reliability issues with SSDs: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/05/the-hot-crazy-solid...
This is only reasonable to expect when one technology has a write cycle limit and the other does not. A hard drive will give better reliability in write intensive applications, while an SSD will beat a hard drive in mobile/portable applications.
Of course, for most people buying an SSD, the increased performance easily outweighs any reliability "cost".
This is only reasonable to expect when one technology has a write cycle limit and the other does not. A hard drive will give better reliability in write intensive applications, while an SSD will beat a hard drive in mobile/portable applications.
Of course, for most people buying an SSD, the increased performance easily outweighs any reliability "cost".