Recommendation for an xmas present PC for a college kid?

On Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:58:22 -0800, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

On Sat, 17 Dec 2016 15:35:56 GMT, Johnny B Good
wrote:

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Given the choice between a laptop sporting a 2TB HDD and one sporting a
'mere 500GB' of SSD storage, the SSD option wins hands down every time.

What about the case where you need 1 TB of storage?

Quite obviously (I'm surprised you had to ask), you'll either have to
accept a compromise (2TB HDD specced laptop) or else shell out the extra
cash (either a laptop with a 500GB SSD plus an additional external 2.5
inch pocketable HDD or else a 1TB SSD specced laptop if you want to avoid
the additional baggage of an external drive).

Quite frankly, anyone who feels they could make effective use of a 1TB
drive in a laptop, has an exceptional outlying usage case to satisfy and
would normally know the answer to that question from previous experience
(basically, the need to spend rather more than the average punter on
their laptop upgrades).

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Johnny B Good