This is the sort of case where we should be taking advantage of things like **[community FAQs][1]** and community wiki posts. If we had **one single post** like this with only one or two **[canonical answers][2]** that were collaboratively edited and maintained as information changes, it would be a much better resource than having a new question every however many months.

In this particular case, the info from the old post is _very old_. I don't see much value in keeping it - if we were to delete all the existing answers on it to modernize and align with a canonical answer style post, then we might as well start fresh and close that post. 

Now, the question itself of "are SSDs worth the money" is completely subjective, and I would close it as "[not constructive][3]". However, a post along the lines of "how do SSDs work, what is the current SSD technology, and what are the pros and cons of using them" would be a lot more useful. I think in this particular case, we should close the old one, and make the new one _really good_, and make it clear that users should contribute to it as a collaborative piece of work to evolve over time. 

For some starter material for this particular question, I suggest folks take a look at the [SSD articles on the Super User Blog][4]. We have some very nice, detailed posts about SSDs, including a really well researched explanation of [what SSDs are and how they work][5] by Kronos. These are things that can be quoted in our answer to this new question, and can also be referenced as a useful outside link.


  [1]: https://meta.superuser.com/questions/1856/help-create-and-maintain-community-faqs
  [2]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions/
  [3]: http://superuser.com/faq#close
  [4]: http://blog.superuser.com/category/ssd/
  [5]: http://blog.superuser.com/2011/02/10/the-modern-marvel-of-the-ssd/