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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    7 days ago

    A hard disk uses spinning magnetic disks to store data.

    An SSD uses flash memory to store data.

    Since it doesn’t have moving parts, it can access the data faster and with fewer parts.

    At current prices an SSD is more expensive for the same size storage, but most people don’t need 10TB on their laptop.

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      7 days ago

      Nervously glancing over at the stack of Exos 10TB drives I have as leftovers after upgrading a storage cluster to use 18TB drives

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      The lack of moving parts also makes SSDs drastically more drop resistant, and just generally less likely to die on you randomly. Not that they can’t, it’s just less common.