On Thursday, November 05, 2015 11:31:31 PM [email protected] wrote: > On 11/05/2015 11:06 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > Please do not top-post. > > Thank you for reminder :-/ > > > On Thursday, November 05, 2015 07:17:38 PM [email protected] wrote: > >> When it comes to price I think the 1TB SDD is expensive in my case + > >> $177.99CAD warranty (though I don't know if I need warranty, or why they > >> are charging me for it)? > > > > It might be extended warranty. IOW, more then the usual factory warranty. > > I would ask them about that. > > I think it might be Extended Warranty (I'll take it out), it is not > worth it. > > >> ========= > >> GRANT TOTAL: $1420.98 > >> > >> PS. Expensive like for a small box. > > > > I can't comment on prices, been a while since I looked into a new desktop. > > If that were Euros, I'd find it a lot for what you get. > > No, that was in Canadian Dollars $1420.98 in Euros it would be 952.53 > and in USD 1054.92 > > >> Maybe I don't need 32GB or RAM but even 16GB RAM would save me only > >> $112.99 > > > > My laptop has 16GB Ram and it works quite nicely. Doesn't use swap often. > > Also allows me to run VMs comfortably. > > > >> You might be right, maybe I'll add one HDD for backup (good suggestion). > >> The killer is my 1TB SSD $499.99CAD > > > > Get 1 SSD for the OS, software and your home directory. (240GB is usually > > enough) > > And 1 big HDD for your data. > > I think I'll get rid of Extended Warranty and take a this 1TB SSD > > > Keep your documents and other data out of the home directory if doing > > this. > > I'm not sure I understand. Why keeping document our of the home dir.?
Here is how I do it: 1 SSD (small, but big enough): - OS + Software + Home directories 1 HDD (Large) - Documents, Media,.... The reason I do it this way is: - SSD is fast and a lot of software tends to use the home directory for it's data, configuration,.... Problem with SSD: They are expensive when getting the bigger versions. - HDD is a lot cheaper and documents tend to be read once, edited for a lengthy period, then written once. Which is fine for HDD. The only exception I have to the above is my laptop. That one has a large SSD, but only because of the G-force restistance... -- Joost
