John T
There other benefit that gets too rarely mentioned is that they're silent. My music computer now contains no fans and very few other moving parts. I've still got a whirry big audio drive, but that's it. As soon as I manage to replace that, the computer will be entirely silent.
 

And that the generate almost no heat like a high RPM hard drive does...which helps keep things kewl
in the case...

Possible drawbacks are supposedly a limited lifespan (depending on how much writing occurs) and that you need to keep 10 to 20 percent free in order to have the controller spread data evenly across the disk.

My disk has been in my laptop for three years with no issues by the way.

Sanderxpander
Possible drawbacks are supposedly a limited lifespan (depending on how much writing occurs) and that you need to keep 10 to 20 percent free in order to have the controller spread data evenly

The Samsung 580 Pro has a 10 year guarantee, double that of any other brand. It also is stated by Samsung to have a 150 Terabyte write-life and a new superior internal memory array structure for improved general reliability. According to this it looks like I won't have much to worry about.

I don't regret the switch to SSDs one bit, its a great move. Another benefit for me is it forced me to keep my os/apps more organized, with space being at a premium. Been using them for a year or two now with no negatives to report.

If you have never owned an SSD before, there are a few dos and don'ts with them. They excel at reading quickly but excessive writing to them can degrade their longevity (do not defragment them). You can google around for things regarding this, but a couple good links are below -
 
http://www.maketecheasier.com/12-things-you-must-do-when-running-a-solid-state-drive-in-windows-7/
 
http://www.howtogeek.com/165472/6-things-you-shouldnt-do-with-solid-state-drives/
 

Noel, C3 really needs to be fixed so that we can specify a specified install destination for every component. It should also allow each component to be uninstalled. I have 2 SSDs, one supposedly an OS-only, limited size SSD. The other is supposedly specifically for music apps, VSTs and samples. However C3 only allows us to specify VST locations.
 
I've already asked in these forms (with no replies) about how to uninstall DimPro and Rapture because they were installed to my C drive. Supposedly we can specify an install destination when we run the installers manually, but how do I first uninstall them since they cannot be uninstalled from either C3 nor Add/Remove Programs?
 
Other than that and a few remaining bugs I love Sonar Platinum, don't get me wrong

Noel Borthwick [Cakewalk]
You could put your picture cache on an SSD however since that will greatly speed up waveform generation and drawing and not require a ton of space.

I've just realised what a brilliant tip that is. Really improves project start-up times, but doesn't cost a load of money.

Drone7

Sanderxpander
Possible drawbacks are supposedly a limited lifespan (depending on how much writing occurs) and that you need to keep 10 to 20 percent free in order to have the controller spread data evenly

The Samsung 580 Pro has a 10 year guarantee, double that of any other brand. It also is stated by Samsung to have a 150 Terabyte write-life and a new superior internal memory array structure for improved general reliability. According to this it looks like I won't have much to worry about.

I also really doubt you'll run into issues, but it's only fair to point out possible weak points in addition to the strong ones, as I'm sure you'll agree :)

Just saying that in general, SSD longevity is considered a little less than for traditional HDDs.

For instance, Samsung also had a pretty serious firmware error in their 840 EVO series. I caught mine in time, thankfully. But SSDs have their own tech with its own pitfalls.

Sanderxpander is quite right to point this out. Realistically, it's not going to come up all that much for serious audio types, as we'll generally be needing to buy more drive space long before the write limit failure arrives even on a stone tablet, but it's worth being aware of.

I'm currently working with a 40gb project and that's even before we start overdubs. Stuff is getting bigger and bigger, I find. Admirably, Sonar is happy to play the full five hours of it in one project without complaint or struggle.