"SSDs are perfect for notebooks because they're light, they don't consume a lot of power, and they give off very little heat. The good news is that you can slide those same 2.5-inch solid state notebook drives right into a PlayStation 3. We got our hands on a 60GB SuperTalent Master Drive MX SSD to see how it performs in a PlayStation 3. The $400 60GB Master Drive MX specifications state that it has 120MB/s read speeds, but its write speeds cap off at 40MB/s. By comparison, we tested the stock PlayStation 3 hard drive and observed 32MB/s read and write speeds. The MX drive doesn't match up to the 120MB/s reads and the blistering 70MB/s writes of the more expensive $1,300 Super Talent 60GB Master Drive DX, but some upgrades get more difficult to justify when the PlayStation 3 itself costs only about $400."
The basic idea behind this particular article is about whether it's worth getting a new HD for your PS3 to quicken load times etc. I honestly don't care if there was some magic hard-drive that took out all load times and maybe baked me a nice cake at the same time. The PS3 is a console and if I wanted to spend the time upgrading a system and changing components to try and get better performance then I would go back to my PC gaming days. I must say that I do miss them.
I remember when the PS3 was initially being discussed there were a lot of PC ideas behind the system, like being able to freely upgrade the hardware. That pissed me off back then and it still pisses me off to this day. One of the key reasons for owning a console over a PC(for gaming) is the fact that you know you will never have to upgrade the system; that every single game(for the platform) will work. Articles like this annoy me. Constant mandatory installations bug me. Give me a choice as to whether I need to install content, maybe I wouldn't mind 2 minuted load times because I don't want to use the space. I know that a 4GB install doesn't seem like much, but if you start getting a decent sized collection and more games have these installs then it will begin to add up.
I know that people will say that when you're done with the game you can delete all those files. That is very true, but say you own and played DMC4 and then deleted the install because you needed space. If you wanted to go back and play it again then you would have to sit through all that install time once again. Is that really something that you want to do? Is it really something that all of you PS3 fanboys can defend? I am honestly not against installs; all I ask is that the choice is given to me.