Originally Posted by
tentseller
With the price of 480g SSD below $300 would a SSD replacement of the HDD make sense?
Yes, if you use the system heavily, and either plan to keep it for a while or have reasonable faith that your next system will be one that will take a similar form factor drive.
Do you really need that much space? If you can drop to a 240/256gb comfortably, that makes it an even easier sell.
Originally Posted by
ohliuw
just make sure to always back up. Having SSD does not mean it cannot fail.
Indeed. From what I've seen at work, the failure rates in non-laptop use are pretty comparable.
They don't, however, die from the same things, and they're drop-proof, which is REALLY nice in a laptop, especially an ultraportable.
Originally Posted by
tentseller
You two echoed my concern about SSD failure that I have heard and the rumour/fact that they are sensitive to external static.
No more so than other electronics, and unless you're frequently taking it out of your machine, it shouldn't be an issue.