Whether you’re buying a laptop at the store or configuring one to order online, you need the best possible storage drive. Getting a speedy Solid-State Drive (SSD) rather than a creaky mechanical hard drive will make your entire computer much faster, but can you afford it and will it have enough space for all of your files? And, even if you choose an SSD, not all of them are equally speedy.

Before you buy a laptop, it’s a good idea to consider the following questions about storage.

SSD or hard drive?

Getting an SSD is more important for overall performance than getting a faster processor, because even a slow SSD is three to four times faster than the speediest mechanical hard drive.
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