Nick1994
$100 site donor 2024
I've got a 9 year old MacBook Pro that hadn't been performing all that well, and would take 2 minutes and 20 seconds to turn on and display my icons. I found a good deal on Slickdeals for a 240gb HP SSD for $40, I decided to give it a try and see how it performs. I reinstalled Mac OSX and while not a record breaker for turning on, it now takes about 25 seconds. Opening programs is lightning fast, there's no hesitation. I was completely blown away.
I've also got a cheap ASUS laptop, it's 5 years old and was around $329 when new. Not a fancy laptop at all. It got so slow, it was crawling. Booting up took forever, programs weren't working well etc. My Disk utilization in task manager was 100% for a couple years with no programs running. I rarely ever use this laptop because of how slow it is, but I decided to try out another cheap $40 240gb SSD. I installed it last night and WOW. I am speechless by how fast it is. It takes 12 seconds to power up and display my icons. I can open Chrome right away and have no delays at all. Before I'd have to click Chrome and wait. Then try again after 30 seconds and wait. Then try again and maybe it would open it, and then the other 2 would also open.
So if anyone has been thinking of upgrading to an SSD, do it!
Here's the link to the SSD in the Asus https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076XXMJZH/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
And here's a video of the startup of the cheap ASUS and opening Chrome.
I've also got a cheap ASUS laptop, it's 5 years old and was around $329 when new. Not a fancy laptop at all. It got so slow, it was crawling. Booting up took forever, programs weren't working well etc. My Disk utilization in task manager was 100% for a couple years with no programs running. I rarely ever use this laptop because of how slow it is, but I decided to try out another cheap $40 240gb SSD. I installed it last night and WOW. I am speechless by how fast it is. It takes 12 seconds to power up and display my icons. I can open Chrome right away and have no delays at all. Before I'd have to click Chrome and wait. Then try again after 30 seconds and wait. Then try again and maybe it would open it, and then the other 2 would also open.
So if anyone has been thinking of upgrading to an SSD, do it!
Here's the link to the SSD in the Asus https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076XXMJZH/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
And here's a video of the startup of the cheap ASUS and opening Chrome.