>Hi All,
>
>If 128 Gb was enough space would you rather have a 128Gb solid state drive or a 7200rpm disk drive?
SSD - but make sure you get a GOOD one. Up until quite recently there were huge differences in performance between SSDs; some SSDs in some not-uncommon usage scenarios were actually worse than mid-range magnetic HDs.
Bear in mind, if you get an SSD from a laptop OEM, they'll likely give you the cheapest 128GB unit they can find. Hopefully it won't be a poor-performance unit left over from the "bad old days".
AnandTech wrote the seminal articles testing SSDs - their latest general article on the topic is
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2829
Regards. Al
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