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mr__ed
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Jul 07, 2017

Does a Large Capacity Hard Drive Make a Computer Run Slower

Out of curiosity, I've been looking at new laptops lately. I've noticed that many come with 1TB drives, either HDD or SSD. My current laptop's HDD is half of that capacity and does fine for my purpos...
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TakingThe5th
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Jul 07, 2017
Irover wrote:
I upgraded my 2103 Acer NE-522 from 4 gb Ram and 500 GB to 8 gb Ram and 1 TB, it boots faster and is much quicker loading programs! Just don't ask for specifics! LOL!

I'm having that same experience on a MacBook Pro. The main culprit for me right now is the Ram-today's computer programs require at least twice the memory of those 5-7 years ago. I have 7 TB on 3 USB drives and they have little impact on speed unless they are actually working with lots of data.

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