Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 days agoMy brothers Chuwi laptop had major problems. Now he got a wal-mart gift card for the price he paid for the Chuwi. He is eyeing an HP laptop with 256gb ssd. Is that the same as a regular harddrive?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareMy brothers Chuwi laptop had major problems. Now he got a wal-mart gift card for the price he paid for the Chuwi. He is eyeing an HP laptop with 256gb ssd. Is that the same as a regular harddrive?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 21 days agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
Can he download stuff like a regular hard drive where you get 256gb of space or is it like a cloud service or something?
minus-squareThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·21 days agoYes it’s the same storage size (SSD vs mechanical doesn’t change that). But I would caution to get a larger drive. From my experience, 256gb gets pretty limiting. I would go with at least 512gb.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·21 days agoSpecially if their goal is to download stuff. I live on 256gb just fine, but for people who download movies, series, games, that adds up fast.
Yes it’s the same storage size (SSD vs mechanical doesn’t change that). But I would caution to get a larger drive. From my experience, 256gb gets pretty limiting. I would go with at least 512gb.
Specially if their goal is to download stuff. I live on 256gb just fine, but for people who download movies, series, games, that adds up fast.