How does installing the OS to the SSD help? In what ways?

[asalikus]

Boot, and what other stuff...

 

[unksol]

Boot and load times are it. People will say it makes the OS feel "snappier" but unless you are constantly opening and closing programs or doing a ton of work with files it's pointless as everything is in memory already, and sleep mode loads quicker than an SSD.if you play games with a ton of load time it will help there as it will feel much smoother, instead of waiting on load screens, but otherwise just get one if you have spare cash. No point in skimping on the gpu to get one.

I would kill for one in my work laptop... Wouldn't do much but save a few seconds of map loading on my gaming machine

 

[rdc85]

It will help in loading/reading data..... (newer ssd also improved in writing speed)

If u can afford it, i don't see why u shouldn't

Once u tried ssd, it will hard to go back to hdd....

 

[asalikus]

so it also helps for opening programs? by how much ? do the whole software have to be in the ssd, like in program files?

Boot and load times are it. People will say it makes the OS feel "snappier" but unless you are constantly opening and closing programs or doing a ton of work with files it's pointless as everything is in memory already, and sleep mode loads quicker than an SSD.if you play games with a ton of load time it will help there as it will feel much smoother, instead of waiting on load screens, but otherwise just get one if you have spare cash. No point in skimping on the gpu to get one.

I would kill for one in my work laptop... Wouldn't do much but save a few seconds of map loading on my gaming machine