I'll be in need of a new laptop soon as this one is showing signs of packing up. Question is do I get another windows laptop with traditional HDD or go for one with an SSD? What are the pros and cons of one over the other?

Thanks in advance

Daz

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HDD are cheaper so If you need a lot of memory to store lots of very large files then a SSD will be too expensive.
Performance wise as far as I know the SSD is better than HDD in every aspect.

I've got a Dell Windows 10, Core i7, 8GB ram laptop with 250Gb SSD (160Gb used and 90Gb unused) and I'm very pleased with it, especially as I got it for free. Maybe I'd get a 500Gb SSD if I was buying one.
I don't store large files but if I did I'd get a 2TB external HDD and plug it in when needed.

In reply to Post #2
Thanks for the reply.

Daz

In reply to Post #1
SSD is 'solid state' which means it has no moving parts. The old HDD's have layer of disk with layers of mini heads which read the disk, and can stop working or scratch the disk of the laptop is dropped (you lose your data).

SSD works by using semi-conductors, with no moving parts they are faster too when reading and writing data, plus they are smaller and store more data.

Go for SSD.

There are multiple reasons SSDs are faster than HDDs. SSDs don't suffer from degraded performance due to file fragmentation. SD capacities are increasing, and enterprise solutions can store up to 100TB on a single drive. That's five times larger than the current top HDDs. However, the price for such drives isn't even worth mentioning. We're still a long way off from SSDs beating HDDs at a price per GB, and until that happens, HDDs will remain a viable option for many people and businesses. Choose an SSD if you do not want to need DATA RECOVERY SERVICES a short time after the purchase.

Get a Macbook Air / Pro with an SSD, add external storage where necessary and forget about it for 10 years +.