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Uitblinker:
Interesting thread :)! I'm also planning to buy a new laptop soon to replace my old Dell laptop. Coincidentally I'm also planning to buy the HP Pavilion-15 that has been listed here. I don't really need my laptop for gaming either just like Vertigo.
I have one question about the SSD thingy, my friends told me that I should consider it as well since it greatly improves the performance (well just like you guys stated over here) but since I'm such a big computer noob, I'm wondering how it practically works!. If you have a hard disk already and if you "add" the SSD thing, will you still benefit from it? Or will the performance only increase if the only drive is the SSD (so no hard disk included). Also, how should this change my search? Do I need to look for specific things if I want to have such a SSD thingy?
[MAF]Karlis:
Things stored on the SSD will be fast, but those stored on the HDD won't be. That's why usually people install windows and their most demanding programs on the SSD, but keep rarely used data like movies on HDD. However, if it's an laptop, most likely, you won't get to keep both of them because of size constraints, unless you want to replace the DVD disc drive with another case for HDD/SSD, which is often possible.
Uitblinker:
Alright thanks Karlis, really helpful! :) Still considering it, just a pity that the price per GB is much higher for SSD's compared to traditional hard disks.
[FSR]Ush:
I recently bought 256GB of SSD for 100 euro's. Which is quite cheap. I got the crucial MX100 (good price/performance)
[MAF]Epoxi:
@Uitblinker: You can always buy an external USB HDD if you want to have lots of data storage on your laptop at the same time as having a super fast SSD for OS and programs.
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