What is the best laptop drive for students?
by Jack Schofield from Technology | The Guardian on (#3SQ98)
James wants to know whether he should opt for an SSD or HDD to save his files on
I am hoping to go to university this year and am looking for a laptop. What's the difference between an SSD and an HDD, and which would be better for a student? From what I've seen, you can get roughly four times as much storage on an HDD as you can on an SSD for the same price, so it seems an HDD would be the better option. James
The laptop market is moving from traditional "spinning rust" hard disk drives (HDDs) to chip-based, solid-state drives (SSDs) for several reasons. SSDs are more responsive; they consume less battery power; they are less likely to break when dropped and they take up a lot less space.