Sentences with phrase «slower mechanical hard drive»

For example, let's say you want to upgrade your computer's hard drive — maybe you're upgrading from a slower mechanical hard drive to a speedy solid - state drive.

And if Optane memory comes bundled, performance could increase further, though the 7th - gen system Intel used for comparison includes a slower mechanical hard drive rather than an SSD.

Not exact matches

As you can see here, the Inspiron's mechanical 1 TB hard drive is a lot slower than the G11DF's 256 GB SSD.

Getting an SSD is more important for overall performance than getting a faster processor, because even a slow SSD is three to four times faster than the speediest mechanical hard drive.

Many older (or cheaper) Windows laptops come with traditional mechanical hard drives — which these days, are pretty outdated and slow.

That's a comfortable rate of 212 MBps, which would dwarf any laptop with a mechanical hard drive or a slower SSD.

For one, all the storage options rely on an Intel Rapid Hybrid system that is a mishmash of a relatively fast SSD for the OS, and a slower, mechanical hard disk drive for mass storage.

Your cheap laptop of choice may have a large mechanical hard drive, which will be very slow compared to the solid - state drive you'd find in a decent laptop.

Mechanical hard drives will be slower than SSDs, which is why they're being phased out.

If you're not using a USB 3.0 port, or you're transferring files from a mechanical hard drive, those types of items can slow the drive down.

However, the mechanical drive in our review unit was substantially slower than other hard drives we've tested.