Solid State Drive Upgrade

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    Once you go SSD you'll never go back! It's way faster.

    I upgrading to an SSD on my old windows laptop about 2 years ago, installed windows 8, and my startup/shutdown times were less than 10 seconds. Apps like photoshop open within 5 or 6 seconds.

    I bought a macbook pro with an SSD about a year ago and have noticed similar performance, but believe it or not windows still starts up and shuts down faster.

    I use the SSD for my OS and all apps, and store all of my work files, music, movies, etc... on a USB 3.0 external HD. It's a system I've been doing for many years now and it works for me.

    • Windows takes forever to shut down compare to Macs. It has a shutdown screen and all. Macs just turn off instantly.monospaced
    • Sometimes. Since Mountain Lion, shutdowns have been a little funky for me.nikdaum
    • Windows 7 on bootcamp via SSD shuts down perfectly fast for me?sem
    • Windows 7 shuts down slower than Mavericks for me on my new iMacmonospaced
    • I was referring to boot up / shut down times in Windows 8, which has been really quick for me with SSD.nocomply

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