Use an SSD for your operating system and applications to enjoy fast boot times and speedy performance, and keep an HDD around for bulk storage where speed isnâ t as crucial.

I recently bought a SSD drive and swapped my system and applications onto it in my 08 mac pro, while leaving my user folder on the HDD and linking to it with the account pref pane. I did this as ...

A newer PCIe Gen 4 SSD, such as Samsung's 980 Pro, pushes 7,000 MB/s. For context, a 7200-rpm SATA HDD like the Seagate Barracuda manages around 200 MB/s.

Solid state drives (SSDs) are more reliable than hard disk drives (HDDs) over five years of usage. But that's not the only thing to think about when shopping.