Laptop Buying Advice

RumRat

EveryWhere wrote: »

I don't wish to "rain on your parade", but I would not have purchased this laptop if I couldn't at least fit an SSD to it myself.
Buying a laptop without an SSD fitted these days is akin to buying a tractor to drive on the motorway. It might have a powerful engine, but it is still relatively slow.

Problem is, with machines of that ilk, is that it is a PITA to fit an SSD;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOgoQ2X5Kpo

If you aren't up to it, ask the vendor to do it for you before sending it out.

.....Or even a keyboard???

EveryWhere

almillar wrote: »

For SATA SSD you can have 128GB for £20 or 256GB for £30 - if you're buying a laptop without SSD in this day and age, budget for it. Use the HDD you remove as a backup drive - buy a USB enclosure. Don't buy eMMC based 'laptops'.

It's not the cost, but the lack of a dedicated hatch for the HDD in most of these laptops. So a bit more of an issue for the average user to swap the drive.

macman

Absolutely any laptop made in the last 5 years will do the low end tasks that the OP describes. An SSD is nice, but hardly essential.

EveryWhere

macman wrote: »

Absolutely any laptop made in the last 5 years will do the low end tasks that the OP describes. An SSD is nice, but hardly essential.

Who stated that it was essential? Food is "essentia"l.
Most people use their laptops for low ends tasks and everyone would benefit from having an SSD fitted. So what is your point?

HDD use more power(so less time away from the mains socket), are prone to damage if knocked whilst in use and are relatively slow.

So if you like waiting a minute for your laptop to start up and you like the gradual slowdown of your device over time, get a device using a mechanical HDD.

Of course almost any device can run those simple tasks, but it is how they do it that makes the difference.

No one that uses an SSD will ever tolerate having an HDD as a boot drive again.