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May 31, 2020, 10:16 am

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Originally Posted by goldmedallionflyer

if you have the $budget, get a laptop with dual drives - one SSD with enough storage to contain your OS and all of the programs you'll run, and one large HDD drive to manage all of your data that isn't offed to a USB drive or Cloud

with this setup, you'll boot up super fast, and open programs super fast, and yet not break the bank with a super-size SSD that isn't getting used to its fullest potential

I run this exact configuration for my account management day-job, and also my home-based small business (CNC manufacturing and consulting) and it's been perfect for both reliability and cost

This is what I did, an HP with a 120GB SSD and 1T HD (a bit much but the cost difference was minimal). Full boot time is about 30 seconds but can be used before it is done. All my programs and data are on the HD. I backup to the cloud and a smaller drive fairly regularly. Definitely the way to go.

PP

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