Quote: (05-08-2015 04:50 PM)Fast Eddie Wrote:
Now that I've finished venting, the point is I have to replace this drive. I was considering going the SSD route, but even expensive ones provide a paltry 256GB. Once you subtract OS space and basic necessities like Office etc, you're left with basically no space for additional software. Modern software suites are massive hard disk hogs. Are you guys saying it's possible to run programs off of a secondary HDD and dedicate the SSD to just the OS and the most commonly used applications?
I don't see how this is possible. I run Windows 8 + basic applications (Office, itunes, VLC, maintenance/malware) + skype/utorrent/converting applications + a bunch of statistical software + a bunch of files in various formats for about 120 GB. What applications exactly do you want?
You should be able to run any normal set of applications easily under 200 GB. Windows 8.1 is only 20 GB for 64 bit and that's one of the biggest applications/OS out there.