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Even the 5400 RPM 1T drives take ages to boot. Sadly the 4800 rpm dives are common enough on older laptops.
I swapped my laptop back to a 7200 rpm 512G HDD from the 5400 new 1T drive and it booted twice as fast.
Now for regular use I have a hybrid solution: A 512G PCie-NVM SSD for OS and big 3.5" 7200 RPM 4Tbyte for all user files. It's a small Optiplex with some regular PCI slots and running off a UPS. Not noticeably slower than initial test with user files on the SSD. It manages the external 4K screen (also on the UPS) better than the laptop. I also was able to install a SATA DVD drive off a scrapped laptop.
I only use the laptop occasionally on a visit somewhere.
No SMART or warning of failure on SSDs.
There are few laptops that take proper SSD and SATA HDD, but not common. Cheaper laptops use SATA SSD or inferior SSD hardly better than Flash in an SD card or USB stick.
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