[OPLINTECH] Hard drive size for Windows 10 public computers

[Chad Neeper]

My target replacement cycle is 5-7 years, also. Right now I'm doing 256GB
m.2 NMVe SSDs on Windows 10 patron computers with your same software suite
(and on general purpose staff computers). I'm good with 256GB. If the price
comes down more on  512GB, I may eventually switch, but don't have any
immediate urge to do so.

Worth noting is that SSDs perform best when they have a certain percentage
of free space unused. A good rule of thumb is to not fill your drive up
more than 75% to maintain performance. It's easy to find info on this with
a bit of Googling. (Counter balancing this, I have an older 512GB ssd in my
own laptop and I only have 44GB free and it still performs well enough.
Possibly not optimally, but I haven't bothered to benchmark it or felt the
need to do anything about it.)

These days, on new computers, I wouldn't go lower than the 256. They're
pretty ubiquitous now and prices reflect that. But I don't feel the need to
go larger on patron computers.

2 cents.
Chad

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On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 10:26 PM Bob Neeper via OPLINTECH <
oplintech at lists.oplin.org> wrote:

> I know Chad will jump in but my own experience is:
>
> My MSI Laptop is 128GB SSD and will be 3 years old 4/30/19
> It has much, much more s/w installed than your thinking of, except DF of
> course.
>
> Fully updated and has 32 GB free.
> Although I would like 256GB.
>
> Actually for yours, a 128GB would probably be sufficient --- IMHO
>
> What say you Chad?
>
>
> R. W. (Bob) Neeper
> (Retired Toledo Scale Engineer & Library Computer Guy)neeperro at gmail.com
>
> Doing Genealogy at:
> Community Library
> Sunbury, Ohio
>
> On 3/13/2019 8:50 PM, Kevin Jones via OPLINTECH wrote:
>
> Will a 256 GB hard drive be big enough to last 5 years of Windows 10
> updates on a public computer?  I say 5 years because that is usually my
> replacement cycle.  My concern is with the size of Windows 10 updates over
> a 5 year period.  I know that Windows 10 feature updates have been pretty
> big.  I wish you didn't have to install the feature updates.  Microsoft
> Office, AV, Chrome, Firefox, and DeepFreeze are about the only things that
> will be installed.
>
> Should I purchase public computers with 256 GB or 512 GB hard drives?
>
> Kevin Jones
> Network Admin
> Coshocton Public Library
> 655 Main Street
> Coshocton, OH 43812
> Phone:  740-622-0956
> Fax:  740-622-4331
> coshoctonlibrary.org
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