HDD or SSD

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northwest1965 wrote: »

https://www.ebuyer.com/874549-hp-255-g7-ryzen-3-8gb-256gb-full-hd-15-6in-win10-laptop-6bn96ea-abu?mkwid=s_dc&pcrid=341405215189&pkw=hp%20255%20g7&pmt=e&gclid=CjwKCAjwtajrBRBVEiwA8w2Q8JZZ7ajtnhjvXjZAt_b77cgCC8zaMwSCg6qJzYEmcl0gYbiPaZC3OxoCagQQAvD_BwE

It does appear to support PCIe x4 SSD, though you should double check with the vendor beforehand.
No IPS screen.
Webcam is poor.

http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=c06182359&doctype=quickspecs&doclang=EN_US&searchquery=&cc=ie&lc=en

You can decide if you would be comfortable going in to increase the capacity of the NVMe SSD;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6a6vMI1Lx8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6a6vMI1Lx8

donnajunkie

northwest1965 wrote: »

That's the problem, you can't get more than 256 at a reasonable price. I already use a portable hard drive. Currently on my laptop I have 500g hard drive with 250 used

I believe when people refer to memory they mean the amount of ram which is not the storage.

getmore4less

getmore4less wrote: »

SSD but make sure it has plenty of memory.

northwest1965 wrote: »

That's the problem, you can't get more than 256 at a reasonable price. I already use a portable hard drive. Currently on my laptop I have 500g hard drive with 250 used

grumpycrab wrote: »

I think getmore4less was referring to ...memory... which is another subject :-)

Unless somethings changed it's not storage capacity its write cycles.

More main memory reduces the write cycles through less paging.

Depending what you you need portable there is potential to offload to plug in or network or cloud.
A lot of people keep readonly not very often stuff(like photo) on their main drives when it could well be elsewhere.

Wearing out the SSD is unlikely in a single machines liftime, my Samsung is rated around 75TB, 3 years should see under 6TB, might have been a lot more with the page file on the drive.

Frozen_up_north

Most users do not need more than 256GB of SSD, which is why it is currently a standard fitment in many desktop and laptop computers. In the days of HDD you were seeing 1TB or even 2TB drives on the basis of marketing "my drive is bigger than yours", even though it generally wasn't needed.

A typical "home/office/student" computer will not use much more than around 50 or 60GB, let alone fill a 256GB drive. This assumes the user cleans out temporary files, etc. on a fairly regular basis.

Don't forget that whatever drive it has, the computer needs regular backups in case of the user fouling up something, malicious software or hardware failure. Having a huge amount of data on the computer means more of a hassle backing it up.

motorguy

256GB SSD will be more than ample for most users.

Only if you install games / store a lot of images or videos locally will you exceed that.

8GB RAM should be fine also. No need for more for the vast bulk of users.