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Originally Posted by mike31154
Define general home use. I've been looking for a new notebook for a while myself, the old Compaq is really getting long in the tooth & can't handle the latest version of Google Earth! Not sure what's up with most manufacturers still producing notebooks with spinning hard drives. Should all be SSDs by now IMO & that's why I'm still holding out. I've been keeping my eye on the latest generation of smart TV's. I don't run too many RAM intensive apps any longer & mostly spend my computer time on the web. The latest smart TVs have dual core & better processors. If most of what you're doing is web based, forget the notebook & splurge on a new smart TV! Why fart around with a tiny screen when you can surf on something with a huge one, unless you really need a notebook for portability. But nowadays seems like tablets are all the rage for portability. Or big honkin' smart phones even.
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Most are still platter drives because the bulk of people don't care as much about load times and care more about how many pictures and movies can I save on the hard drive. At $1/GB for SSD vs $.10/GB for platter drives, for most manufacturers on a $1000 system, it's by far the better business decision to stick with a bigger slower drive.