When evaluating SSD's you need to think about the usage the system is going to be encountering. Is the user looking for fast boot up and running a small set of apps with limited content access or created?
As an example someone doing light web surfing, email, texting and/or writing will have less data churning than someone who is a music or video editor, web developer, or app coder, The drives lifespan won't be taxed so a cheaper drive will likely support their needs
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On the other hand, someone who creates a lot of files or altering them is a data churner! Do the quality of the drive is important as well as its lifespan.
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On the other hand, someone who creates a lot of files or altering them is a data churner! Then the quality of the drive is important as well as its lifespan.
While I think Nick was focused on upgrading internal drives I would also say many advanced users & pro's need external drives as they may not want to have such a large internal drive or need to have seamless backups so they can roll back to a given time point. This is where the external drive needs to be as fast if not faster than what the internal unit offers in addition the I/O to the system needs to be able to support the massive data flows.
When evaluating SSD's you need to think about the usage the system is going to be encountering. Is the user looking for fast boot up and running a small set of apps with limited content access or created?
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As an example someone doing light web surfing, email, texting and/or writing will have less data churning than someone who is a music or video editor, web developer, or app coder,
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As an example someone doing light web surfing, email, texting and/or writing will have less data churning than someone who is a music or video editor, web developer, or app coder, The drives lifespan won't be taxed so a cheaper drive will likely support their needs
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On the other hand, someone who creates a lot of files or altering them is a data churner! Do the quality of the drive is important as well as its lifespan.
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While I think Nick was focused on upgrading internal drives I would also say many advanced users & pro's need external drives as they may not want to have such a large internal drive or need to have seamless backups so they can roll back to a given time point. This is where the external drive needs to be as fast if not faster than what the internal unit offers in addition the I/O to the system needs to be able to support the massive data flows.
When evaluating SSD's you need to think about the usage the system is going to be encountering. Is the user looking for fast boot up and running a small set of apps with limited content access or created?
As an example someone doing light web surfing, email, texting and/or writing will have less data churning than someone who is a music or video editor, web developer, or app coder,
