Pointless to choose hard drive when upgrading old PC…
ssue 641’s ‘Question of the Fortnight’ (pictured) raised some interesting points about the relative merits of hard drives and SSDs and you’re undoubtedly right that the former are much cheaper per gigabyte than the latter. But it seems pointless to me to choose a hard drive over an SSD when upgrading an old computer. It’s true that the upfront cost saves you about £50, but think about it spread over five years, by when your hard drive would probably have run out of life. Viewed this way, buying an SSD costs you just an extra £10 a year, and you won’t have to go through the hassle of replacing it as early. I’ve installed SSDs in three of my ageing machines, and they’ve all made a massive difference. I can’t recall how much I paid for
