Windows 10: Why SSDs are obsolete

I have three—one 128GB and two 500GB—with another possible 500GB in looming in the near future. I don't believe in buying spare drives since, once you buy them, the warranty clock starts counting down. Also, prices normally keep coming down over time so buying a drive before I need it will usually wind up costing me more than it would if I had waited. It doesn't take long to get one shipped to me when I do need to get a replacement (I could get it overnight but, generally, el cheapo shipping will get it to me in two or three days). I can always use one of my notebooks and/or one of my backup drives if a drive goes belly up in my desktop machine while waiting for a replacement drive. If the SSD in one of my notebooks dies, I can always use another notebook until I get it replaced. If it dies while I'm on the road, I can swap it out with one of my backup HDDs I carry with me (I carry two backup HDDs; one is a clone and the other is for images and new data; I also backup new data on the clone).

 

I think the big difference here is that you are using a laptop. Maybe the same case with Lee.
I use all of my SSDs just for OS on my 2 desktops. Data goes to HDDs and NAS drives.

 

Same here. I have 3 internal SSD's each with a different OS installed on them. W7 HP, W8.1 Pro & W10 TP. For data backup I have 2 internal WD Caviar black HDD's, with 3 older reserve spinners that I do monthly data backups on.

 

Only two of the computers with SSDs are notebooks. The other one is a big desktop. The point is each computer has different needs and configurations, hence the different sizes.

 

But would be nice if they are all 1TB ?

 

For laptops with 1 disk bay, a bigger SSD is in order. But my desktops I have run for years on 60GB SSDs and never ran out of space. With tosay's prices I would buy 120GB for $69 but when I bought my first 60GB OCZ, I paid $265.

 

SSDs are the definitely the way to go. I have 2 SSDs. One is 240 GB that I'm planning on installing in my laptop when I upgrade it to Windows 10. The other one is 250 GB that is in my desktop with Windows 8.1.1 installed. Windows 10 is installed in a 250GB partition on my HDD. When 10 goes final I going to upgrade over my 8.11 install and delete the 250 GB partition on the HDD. If the prices are right I might buy a 500 GB SSD for my desktop and put the 250 GB SSD into my wife's laptop.

 

Yep 200us for a 500gb isn't bad possibly next black Friday will be the time to pull the trigger on that one *Wink
Now I have 2-mx128 and 2-mx256 that's enough for a while all in the last 4 months *Smile

 

Of course it would but I couldn't justify the expense, not to mention there is something just wrong about buying a drive that costs as much or more than the machine it is going into.

 

Here is a 500GB Crucial for $180.

Amazon.com: Crucial BX100 500GB SATA 2.5 Inch Internal Solid State Drive - CT500BX100SSD1: Computers Accessories

 

I'm going to keep watching for the prices to drop. If the price gets low enough I'll be upgrading my SSD when I upgrade to Windows 10. I'm very happy with my Samsung 840 EVO so I'll probably go with another Samsung if I do.

 

I'm not crazy about the BX line not sure why besides a few less gb's than the MX line :/