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Can he download stuff like a regular hard drive where you get 256gb of space or is it like a cloud service or something?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

There are two types of persistent storage drives for computers: HDD (hard disk drive), which have a spinning platter inside on which the data is stored, and SSD (solid state drive), which unlike HDDs have no moving mechanical parts and store their data in semiconductor cells.

HDDs are still cheaper per gb at large sizes and offer larger capacities, which is why you mostly will see them in storage servers.

SSDs are faster, more shock resistant (due to no mechanical parts) and I think consume less power.

Because of that nowadays you will hardly ever see HDDs in laptops anymore, it's all SSDs (which can be either of the sata or nvme type, the latter being faster)

[–] Don_Dickle 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

But can he store the same amount on an SSD as a regular Hard Drive? I ask because Chromebooks want you to use the cloud and shit like that.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

256GB is 256GB. It doesn't matter if it's a HDD or SSD. The SSD will be faster though.

[–] hoshikarakitaridia 7 points 3 weeks ago

The storage sizes are universal, 256gb is 256gb. Just on an SSD it's faster.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

That depends on what programs come preinstalled on the laptop, not on the type of storage. 256 GB on HDD are the same size as 256 GB on SSD.