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We have one PC that doesn't meet the hard drive spec. Looking at options for replacing it (even though it is a very good Intel i5). Have any of you purchased a "workstation" instead of a "PC"? Workstations are more money but I have been told the underlying computer power is much better / faster.

I am wondering if any of you have purchased a "workstation" did you notice better performance?

Has anyone installed the catalog on a Solid State Drive (SSD) instead of a conventional hard drive? If so, did you notice better speed?

QUOTED $201 from Snap on to add another hard-drive so that is what we are doing.

drapp wrote:We have one PC that doesn't meet the hard drive spec. Looking at options for replacing it (even though it is a very good Intel i5). Have any of you purchased a "workstation" instead of a "PC"? Workstations are more money but I have been told the underlying computer power is much better / faster.

I am wondering if any of you have purchased a "workstation" did you notice better performance?

Has anyone installed the catalog on a Solid State Drive (SSD) instead of a conventional hard drive? If so, did you notice better speed?

Most 'workstations' have a better chassis, better cooling, and a larger powersupply. I wouldn't use a SSD with the catalog, too many write/rewrites.

Why would writes/rewrites have anything to do with SSD?
A conventional hard drive would be at a disadvantage to SSD.
SSD speed capability is much higher and they do not suffer from fragmentation.

I called Snap On and only the Servo that the discs are loaded onto has to have that amount of available space.... I hope this helps anyone and saves you on spending some $$

Just upgraded the PC hard drives today to SSD, the Snapon EPC runs nice and fast from the local drive, would never consider going back to a platter spinning hard drive on any new pc purchase, that technology is on the way out soon in the computer hardware world.