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SSD's use more battery power than HDD?
Tom's Hardware article: The SSD Power Consumption Hoax
What got me considering this was actually not about runtime duration performance, but battery drain during cold shutdown..
One HP notebook I have (Envy M6) is getting a bit old and I was noticing that when completely shut down, it would lose about 50% power in about 10 days. I recently upgraded the HDD to an SSD (Samsung Evo 850). And now? I have the laptop shut down completely for 5 days and when I go to start it up, it's dead as a door nail. I don't know if this is coincident with some kind of battery erosion, but it seems very odd. Unfortunately it's not easy to swap for testing, because it doesn't have a separate door for the storage device -- have to take off the entire bottom.
Has anyone else here been noticing some battery duration issues after switching to an SSD?