Review on 💾 Enhanced Version of SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB 2.5-Inch - SDSSDA-120G-G25 by Andrew Spainhour

I bought two of these to use in some older laptops and see how much performance I can get from them. Neither laptop was up to date, so while it's not top of the list in terms of performance, it's a solid brand and the price is right (it was cheaper than most other 240GB laptops at the time of purchase SSD). an old Turion x2 laptop with Windows Vista. Since I didn't have a recovery disk for Vista and didn't want to spend too much time on it, I simply transferred the disk to the SSD using Macrium Reflect. This made a huge difference in terms of usability. Boot times are still frustratingly slow (but much faster than before - used to be over 3 minutes, now we're approaching 60-90 seconds from the power button to the Windows desktop screen), but the laptop's responsiveness has greatly improved. . As this is a 9 year old laptop with data we didn't want to lose I figured it was time for a backup anyway so this way we have the old hard drive as a backup. 1st Gen i7 laptop running Windows 7. Unlike other laptops I've installed 7mm SSDs in before, this one actually required a 9.5mm drive. Luckily, this SSD (like many others) came with a plastic standoff. Installing a spacer on the SSD allowed me to align the drive and plug it into the appropriate SATA connectors. I installed a fresh Windows 7 on this SSD then upgraded to Windows 10 as I figured this laptop could last a few years now. I still have the option to go back to 7 if I hate it, but Microsoft will let me go back to 10 later because it updated before the one-year deadline. Dude, does this laptop really boot that fast? It turns on in just a few seconds after switching on and is ready to use. Applications just fly now. I like it. I'm sure you know that if you're just thinking about buying an SSD, it doesn't matter what type of laptop you have, as long as it has a hard drive, there will be some benefits to going to an SSD. SSDs have very few downsides in terms of performance. It's mostly the price per GB and available data density that keeps SSDs from being the only thing you see there. He's definitely moving in that direction, for better or for worse. For my part I've been very happy with my SSDs in my laptops and they don't disappoint either. Very good performance, from a solid brand, at a great price. I'm happy with that.