If you basically only use a few applications all the time then you would see some benefit from an SSHD in addition to the ssd boot speed.But if you're the type that you are gaming one day, browsing the internet the next, watching streaming shows, then working on a video... then an SSHD would only give you quicker boot times and your money would be better spent on a 7200rpm harddrive. (I think all the laptop SSHD's are 5400rpm drives)