Is it worth it to pay for the 1TB SSD?

[xxray]

I have a 512GB SSD in my current laptop, and it's 70% full, which is a little too close to comfort for me. However, I also have a hard time paying $400 for the difference, especially when the latest Samsung 1TB External SSDs are $150 less, but that'd also mean I'd have to deal with carrying around an external SSD if it came to that.

How'd you decide?

 

[maflynn]

If need the storage and don't want to deal with external drives yes. Its really a personal decision that only you can make. Personally, I'd not pay for it, but that's just me.

 

[rcdfox]

For what its worth, I recently bought a 1TB ssd internal hard drive for about $150 and an external case for about $10 both through Amazon. The drive brand I bought was Crucial if that matters to you.

 

[jlc1978]

I have a 512GB SSD in my current laptop, and it's 70% full, which is a little too close to comfort for me. However, I also have a hard time paying $400 for the difference, especially when the latest Samsung 1TB External SSDs are $150 less, but that'd also mean I'd have to deal with carrying around an external SSD if it came to that.

How'd you decide?

I faced a similar choice. I determined what was taking up most of the space, using DaisyDisk. that let me determine if the major space users were critical (Documents) or not (Movies, Photos, etc.). I determined about 50% of my disk usage were files that could be offloaded to an external drive. As a result, I stayed with the 512GB SSD and use an external drive for storage of the non-critical files.

 

[jerryk]

My option was to get a NAS. From ALL of my computers I can perform backups (Time Machine and other backup programs), and have storage folders for videos and photos I shoot. Also, the NAS automatically backups up the data off-site.

For me, I would only go with a bigger internal drive if I needed to constantly access the data stored on the drive. I would never use it to store data I very seldom used, "just in case I need it".

 

[turbineseaplane]

For me this question is answered by whether or not I’ll be doing video editing on the go, where are you going to need (or at least want) a ton of storage space all built-in for the best experience and convenience.

Nothing sucks more in laptop life than getting anywhere close to your storage limitations when you’re trying to accomplish some work.