But the SSD copies and replaces update files faster, as well as the decompression of the msu file.

And you see the people not doing the extra hundred dollars complaining about stuttering audio, slow boots, hard drive and OS crashes and general issues. Seriously buying a high quality pc, E.G, an R7/

I would think they would. The DACs on newer pcs are terrible quality. Speech or music could sound clearer. But laptops come with crappy dacs they don't even use soundcards.

Actually one more consideration. If you are a student, you get office 365 free. Even if you aren't technically, you can if your academic e-mail forwards to your personal.

Then again, if someone can aford it, an r7/I7 is better. Screen readers are hard on the processor, and processor core lag is noticeable more as a result.

The monthly ones do take a long time even when on an SSD. The time on an HDD is much much longer. I had a new versus old work laptop, during the maintenence window, a windows update took 30-40 minutes

The ram performance would be evident in app load times etc. The SSD difference is basicly a 90% difference which is substantial. When copying, installing or removing programs this would be evident. Bu

Gene, look at it this way though. An SSD has a very significant performance improvement that can only be experienced for proper context. And the difference will make a difference in your daily life. A

The standard ssd has grown to 512 now due to price drops.

32 also makes a difference on extremely high core machines.

That is why I said if budget allows. If the budget does allow, its a good choice.

Because time is literally money. By constantly waste time with my computer when I can just add more ram and make into a nonissue?

You could, but a midrange graphics card is ok. Blind people have little to no use for graphics.

Gene, It actually does make a huge difference in drives. For example, the 1tb samsung 970 plus while costing more, has a sustained write speed of 1700 mbps even when cache is exhausted, as opposed to

As I said though, programs are getting bigger. I'd go with at 16 gb if budget allowed to be safe. But the 512 drives have more write capacity before they have to be replaced, and also faster write per

At a bare minimum, go for gigabit ethernet options, 8 gb of dual channel ram, an ssd of at least 512 gb, 1tb if you can aford it, even if you don't use 1tb the 1tb drive has a much higher write speed

This is interesting. My 5tb drive fell off my small table onto the thick carpet twice, while powered and copying data. No problems seem to have occured.

The Yetti is a fairly expensive Microphone, but it justifies the price. It is very solidly built, and offers several different recording modes. It has monitor mode that I don't use, but most important

I actually bought this in the UK. I think it was something like 106. I like it.

Hi, for professional recording, the Blue Yetti is a good mic. Don't buy cheap mics with no gain control or volume.