15 inch with 256GB SSD vs 13 inch with 512GB SSD

stphnstevey

I am purchasing a laptop for work and they have said I can have the choice of a:

15 inch with 256GB SSD
13 inch with 512GB SSD

It comes with Windows 10 Pro (Creators Update 64-bit) and they will install Windows Office

Would the 256GB SSD be enough storage for Windows and Office and approx how much would be left over for my files?

They wouldn't stretch to the 15 inch 512GB SSD version unfortunately (which makes me think they are ok with the 256GB)

Thanks

unforeseen

256gb should be fine for a work machine. That tends to be the standard for business machines.

The choice boils down to what size screen you want really.

Cisco001

15 is too heavy to carry around...

WaywardDriver

Cisco001 wrote: »

15 is too heavy to carry around...

Depends on whether you're going to be carrying laptop about much. Standard offering in my office was 15in but I asked for 13in as I used it at home as well. I also had a docking station in the office so reconnecting was simple.

Frozen_up_north

Business machines, whether laptop or desktop, should be storing user files on a server, not on your C or D drive... if the laptop is lost/stolen you will lose all your work.

My desktop only has a 128 GB SSD and my laptop 256, neither are short of storage.

rhysadams

If they pay for office, you should have access to OneDrive, which is cloud based storage.


Its pretty clever and can sync things to the cloud or locally, so a 256gb drive maybe better.


If you travel a lot, such as trains. Go for the smaller screen, you can use tables without an issue. When you get home or the office, a cheap monitor can then increase screen size

stragglebod

Frozen_up_north wrote: »

Business machines, whether laptop or desktop, should be storing user files on a server, not on your C or D drive... if the laptop is lost/stolen you will lose all your work.

My desktop only has a 128 GB SSD and my laptop 256, neither are short of storage.

Business machines should be storing files on both a server and encrypted laptop drive, with automated syncing, so your files are available when you're offline.

Only the OP can answer their own question, as we don't know what they'll be using the laptop for. If they need to use big spreadsheets on the move, 13" may not be big enough. If not, and they do a lot of travelling, 15" may be too big.

I personally would go for the <not telling you> option. And the reason why I'm not telling you is that what would be best for me is irrelevant to the OP.

stphnstevey

I travel, but maybe 4-5 days a month at most

I would like to go for the 15 inch as I often split screen and the "screen estate" works well for me

My concern was the 256GB drive. But I will store photos elsewhere and dont plan to add games. Just word and excel files and some music, but this does come to 25GB itself, without Win 10 or Office

unforeseen

Win 10 and office come to less than 100GB..

In fact my business laptop shows 72GB used with Win 10, Office 365 and a few other apps.