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TIL swapping a dying hard drive for an SSD in a 2015 laptop saved me 45 minutes of boot time per machine
I used to keep a stack of old spinning drives in my shop for cheap client upgrades, and last month I finally timed it. A 500GB mechanical drive in a 2015 Dell took 3 minutes 40 seconds just to reach the desktop, plus another 2 minutes before programs would open. A $28 256GB SSD from Micro Center booted the same laptop in 22 seconds. I did the swap on 6 machines at my bench in Richardson and every single one felt like a brand new computer to the client. Now I quote the SSD first and only mention spinning drives as external backup options. What are you all charging for a drive swap plus a fresh Windows install these days?
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