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WSTC
I am not an IT professional, but own a small professional services company which relies on PC enterprise software. Every computer in my office (and in my home office) is a Mac (with SSD) laptop or desktop running Parallels. I can't even fathom purchasing a mechanical drive nowadays -- there is zero upside. Zilch.
There is still one valid reason to invest in mechanical HDDs: getting large storage space affordably. However, this primarily means getting large 3.5" drives for desktop or server setups. So not really valid for laptop usage, there you certainly want SSDs as these are faster and far more reliable physically since there is no moving parts to break down.