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I'm looking at a new Lenovo laptop and comparing two machines. One says it has an 1TB hybrid +8gb SSHD, the other says 1TB + 24 gb SSD. Wondering if this is just grammatical or is there really a difference?
 
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SSHD means the flash memory is built into the harddrive; SSD means it is a separate unit. So on the +24gb ssd it might not be setup as a cache drive (but it might), on the 8gb sshd it will almost certainly be setup as a cache drive (western digital makes one "sshd" that isn't, but this sounds like it uses a seagate drive).

I believe the first ssd + hd laptops intended to use the ssd as a caching drive, but then decided against it for some reason. With a small ssd like that, you almost always want it as a cache drive.
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The main difference is the amount of data that can be chached 8GB Vs 24GB. The more information you can cache the more of your apps will see a start up speed increase. Since you're trying to decide which to go for 24GB is clearly the better of the two.
 
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SSHD means the flash memory is built into the harddrive; SSD means it is a separate unit. So on the +24gb ssd it might not be setup as a cache drive (but it might), on the 8gb sshd it will almost certainly be setup as a cache drive (western digital makes one "sshd" that isn't, but this sounds like it uses a seagate drive).

I believe the first ssd + hd laptops intended to use the ssd as a caching drive, but then decided against it for some reason. With a small ssd like that, you almost always want it as a cache drive.
 
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