On: PC sales plunge, Microsoft and Windows 8 blamed

[diminish]

simply upgrading to SSD is a huge performance booster. if i were still in IT, I would migrate all PCs to SSD, and that's it.

[yen223 → diminish]

Simply upgrading to SSDs is also a huge financial drain. It's a difference of about $1/Gb for SSDs vs $0.05/Gb for HDDs. For consumers, an SSD could easily cost more than the rest of the PC.

Not saying it's a bad idea mind you, it's just another factor to take into consideration.

[pointyhatuk → diminish]

Agree entirely. The recent purchase of a 128Gb Samsung 840 Pro was a game changer for me.