@roamer_1
I still have chemo brain that comes and goes. Better some days,and I am a mindless twit on others. I am not sure I understand what you are telling me. Could you post a link to what you are writing about so I can roll it around in my mind?
Thanks in advance!
@sneakypete Nope. Simple concept. I am recommending a drive (more or less) for windows to live in. It is probably too small for most folks, what with pics and movie libraries and such.... Shoot, even a few movies saved down electronically will burn up a couple terrabytes, easy... My movie library sure does.
Not important now.
120g ought to be enough for windows and your user to live in... Unless you have a butt-ton of programs, or you are a fat user for some reason, but for the average joe, something between 120 and 512g is fine. If you feel like you can't live on 120g, then spend twice the money and get a 256g.
But I live comfortably in a 120g drive... and most people do. That's Winders, your programs, and your user. That is the concept. That is what a system drive is.
And because it is small, it can be an SSD - A flash technology drive - Sooper fast. Way, way faster than a standard drive.
That is what you need to concentrate on now... How big a drive do you need for JUST you to live in.
A 120g SSD is 20 bucks. I just bought two of em yesterday down to the Best Buy.
If you figger you need more than that, a 256g SSD will be twice that, around 40 bucks.
And a 512g will be twice that, at $80/90...
But me and Windows live just fine on 120g.
But lets say down the road a mite, you turn into a moviephile, and decide you need to park a digital movie collection... That ain't gonna fit on that itty bitty drive I told you to get.
S'alright though... Just buy one of those big lunker drives when you need it, and put that puppy behind that system drive as a secondary in that box. No fault no foul. And in the mean time, and for all time, you get the benefit of that super quick performance that little SSD drive gives you. There ain't a downside.