I have decided on a Dell Inspiron with SSD. Deciding between 256 and 512GB. I don’t need much but want to have plenty extra for maximum performance. I currently use 67GB which includes my Win 10 OS. I don’t have any large files or do gaming and have no reason to think my needs will grow over time since they have not grown over the last 10+ years. I read that you FIRST downgrade the advertised storage by 7% (GiB vs GB). Max working capacity should be no more than 90% of the downgraded value. So, 256 X .93 x .9 = 214GB max working capacity. Even with this downgrade, the nameplate 256GB SSD should be way more than I need. Am I thinking about this in the right way?Don't overthink it. 250Gb will be fine.Thx. Many of the options have SSD as boot drive with 1TB HDD. Can I keep everything on the SSD? I don’t want the hassle of managing dual storage. Can I just make the secondary HDD invisible?If you do get two hd's, make use of them. Keep the OS on the SSD for faster boot and most everything else on the platter. There's no extra work for you whatsoever. You can partition the hd into multiple logical drives if you like (as I always do) or just leave it as ONE big drive. Either way, be sure to make regular images of your drives. Quote from: Allan on October 01, 2019, 11:13:11 AM

If you do get two hd's, make use of them. Keep the OS on the SSD for faster boot and most everything else on the platter. There's no extra work for you whatsoever. You can partition the hd into multiple logical drives if you like (as I always do) or just leave it as one big drive. Either way, be sure to make regular images of your drives.