SSDs are definitely worth the hype. The advantage isn't just the speed but also the stability and reliability. Mechanical drives are usually the first thing to fail in a PC due the moving mechanical parts. I stopped buying mechanical drives a couple of years ago despite them being cheaper. SSDs are getting cheaper all the time. I like the Crucial brand personally.
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It is certainly. I have a SSD in my laptop and it easily helps me to edit my traveling videos quickly and conveniently. Plus, I think these days SSD's are quite reasonable for the price. I have a 128GB SSD and it fulfills my purpose fairly.
with windows on my ssd and sony vegas pro 15 and photoshop and chrome it fills up quite quickly its 128 but windows makes 20gb not exist
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SSD for OS and work, HDDs for storage.
dont have the option unfortunately if the store gave me the model with the DVD drive i would have taken it out and put a caddy in and thrown my old laptops mechanical drive in it
SIDENOTE: is it normal for tech shops to give you stuff that you didn't ask for (like instead of a 7200RPM drive like you ask they put in a 5000RPM for the same price it was annoying or instead of a 1080p screen they chuck in a 768p screen)