If you’re considering a move to a solid state drive you will definitely see a performance benefit but almost certainly not an increase in available storage – solid state is still fairly expensive for higher capacity drives. You may also find little benefit in power consumption from using an SSD drive. (See http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-hdd-battery,1955.html). Be careful which hard drive you choose for your upgrade. There have been reports that some hard drives …

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