Last year we had a chinese balloon do a spy mission all the way across the United States. We have had iphones and and even military electronic components built in China for decades. China can have farmland all acros the US that is located very...
I couldn't agree more. I don't think it's possible to purchase a laptop with anything other than some form of SSD.
As far performance goes, 3.5 inch laptop drives with physical discs topped out at 7,200 rpm, which is going to be painfully slow...
I'd suggest staying away from spinning hard drives entirely and using an SSD - solid state drive. Upgrading to an SSD in a couple of old machines made a tremendous difference in performance. Power consumption is lower, too.
I would add that since I have long ago switched from PC to Apple, that my iMAC is more graphics friendly and intuitive. I realize this statement may elicit some push back.
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