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I remember adopting SSDs quite early in their lifetime despite them having controller firmware teething issues at the time. It was hands down the most significant PC upgrade I've made in the last 20 years.

That said, Windows used to run acceptably on hard drive. I don't think I could even endure Windows 10 on one now with the amount of background disk hammering it does just staring at an empty desktop.

[Arrath]

I maintain that the jump from spinning rust to solid state may well be the biggest single QoL jump we'll see in consumer computing for another couple decades, barring, like, direct neural interface or something wild.