Internal spinning drives should be illegal!
I was recently talked into getting a SSD for my MBP to replace my 500GB 7200 HHD and I was immediately blown away by how much faster every interaction became. It was like I bought a brand new insanely fast computer for $160! It cold boots in 11 seconds, most apps load before the dock icon can bounce once, and all file access is instantaneous. It is a fact that the spinning HD has been the biggest bottleneck of operating speed for the last 2-3 years, maybe longer!
I also did a clean install of Lion on my new 120GB SSD but only added the files and applications I needed, and I reduced my storage from an unnecessary 436GB to only 38GB, and that is including all my heavy design applications. I also have a few HD movies that I stream to my PS3 every now and then, and if I want to stream one from my Ext HD I just copy it to my SSD and delete an old one to keep ‘em clean. Reduction is necessary before production!
Screw nostalgia, stop being a hoarder, stream your media like you already do, and leave the spinning drives to external junk storage. Internal spinning drives are stifling the advancement of computing and should be illegal to sell in new computers! Strip away your fat and get an SSD, trust me you won’t regret it!
