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Ah spinny disks.. How on earth did I tolerate you for so long?!
I'd heard and known about SSDs being a thing, but it wasn't until November 2018 when I first experienced just how much they sped up the overall processing of a computer.. Now it's the first thing I recommend when anyone says about their PC running slow!
Unfortunately at work, many of the student IT labs still have spinny disks.. Similar to myself, they were late to join the party - and by then, schools had no budget to spare. During the school holidays, as a technician I still have to work on site. Particularly during the pandemic, holidays are one of the few times where we can actually check the equipment to make sure that it's all in working order.
..my god, some of these PCs take forever to load up, and even perform the most basic of tasks like right clicking a desktop shortcut!! Thankfully the vast majority of staff equipment has been upgraded to SSDs as well as one or two of the student labs, although as a result we now have about 150 HDDs just sat collecting dust in a box.
Other than networked/external media storage (videos, games, music) - is there any other real use for them these days?
I'd heard and known about SSDs being a thing, but it wasn't until November 2018 when I first experienced just how much they sped up the overall processing of a computer.. Now it's the first thing I recommend when anyone says about their PC running slow!
Unfortunately at work, many of the student IT labs still have spinny disks.. Similar to myself, they were late to join the party - and by then, schools had no budget to spare. During the school holidays, as a technician I still have to work on site. Particularly during the pandemic, holidays are one of the few times where we can actually check the equipment to make sure that it's all in working order.
..my god, some of these PCs take forever to load up, and even perform the most basic of tasks like right clicking a desktop shortcut!! Thankfully the vast majority of staff equipment has been upgraded to SSDs as well as one or two of the student labs, although as a result we now have about 150 HDDs just sat collecting dust in a box.
Other than networked/external media storage (videos, games, music) - is there any other real use for them these days?