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Originally Posted by Penforhire
frahse, I think the trend is good. Dropping spinning discs makes a laptop smaller, the battery lasts longer, and I no longer fear any mechanical shocks. I personally won't buy another PC (laptop or desktop) that doesn't use SSD for its primary drive. The difference in general snappiness is amazing and prices have dropped enough to consider a 128 GB SSD a commodity.
If I need a CD/DVD I hook up a generic (cheap) USB external drive. I use multiple external hard drives for storage outside my PC's (I really should migrate to a NAS system) and flash-memory cards for in-PC extra storage (for any MBA users, two thumbs up for the Nifty Minidrive card tray with a 64 GB card, slightly expensive but very nice).
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I have been (more so in the past now) used to 2 disk systems. 1. The System Disk 2. The Data Disk.
I could readily see a 16 or 32GB SSD and a 1 Tetra Byte Data HDD. The HDD would kick in only when there was a need.
And don't talk to me about a "cloud." Some places I go, clouds don't.
The problem with add ons is that they are not so portable as a system with everything in 1 case.