Should i invest in a ssd for my leptop

Hardware HDD's & SSD's
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So i have a main pc that i use most of the time, but i also have a older leptop(Acer aspire 6920 http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4541) that i use at university and at wekends to do C# developing on it and simular stuf.

And i recently bught a new batery for it so it runs a decent tine on it. Now i'm thinking to replace the CD-ron with an 60 gb ssd(intending to use that http://www.buy-deals.co.uk/acer-aspire-6920g-2nd-hdd-hard-drive-caddy.htm)

The ssd would be a boot drive, and some programs that i use all the time

the whole upgrade would cost me abaut 80 eur

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It's up to you. It will make everything faster if you use it as your primary drive

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You won't get the max speeds. But it would help save on the battery life. I currently have the Acer Aspire 5920. I'm thinking on getting a SSD, but I would just get a bigger HDD. You could probably get a really good size hard drive for the same price of a 60GB SSD

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i would use the ssd as my main drive but i would replace the CD rom with it and leave the HDD in int so i would have 60Gb ssd+250Gb HDD, that is enugh space for me 

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It will definitely speed up your computer compared to the usual 5500rpm drives found in laptops but just check if you have sata 2 or sata 3 (most laptops are still sata 2) if it is buying a sata 2 ssd will probably save you some $$

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i have sata2 but the cheapest drive i found is a crucial m4 sata3(in my region) and it is cca 70eur... sux to be in europe :P 

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That sounds like a good idea. Another thing you can do is get an external hard drive for backup just in case. Really helps having one. If you have a laptop drive laying around for sata, get a vantec nexstar Hard Drive Enclosure, they are about 8 bucks on newegg. I love mine. Depend speed. But it does take up 2 usb ports

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Well, my laptop is so cruddy and old that it didn't make a huge difference. I stuck an OCZ Vertex 2 SSD in it. It sped it up a little bit and it's going to help with battery life when I get my new battery, so I am happy with that.

But as far as SSD's go overall, they are 100% worth it. Getting a samsung 840 series SSD for my computer was one of the best decisions I made for the computer itself. It runs like butter and speeds up boot time, loading times (A LOT) and a lot of other things. So go for it.