Good to see win10 in the 'cons'....

Yeah Jafo I would run Windows 7 if MS still supported it. Windows 10 is just a clusterfu*k of an OS. 

To my opinion you should've went with a quad core, and a I5, or a I7, and 16 or better gigabytes of ram before you worry about a SSD drive.

I would even go with integrated graphics to get those specs. 

I would use windows 10 over 8.

I wasn't looking to buy a computer with or without a SSD drive, it's just what it came with. All I use my computer for is web browsing, word processing, and playing 10 year old games. So a traditional hard drive would have been fine. And 8 GB of RAM is more than enough for me. It's a notebook. Of course it has integrated video. 

Not true at all. You will get far more speed from an SSD than a spinning disk!

Yep, Phoon's right...a SSD is second on the list of improvements for speed....after more ram.

Though...in the case of a laptop....it's 3rd....after more ram [second] and FIRST... reformat to get rid of all the pre-installed bloatware...

Exactly!  Over the years I performed several upgrades and replacing a regular HDD with a SSD was more noticeable performance/speedwise than upping the CPU and/or RAM specs.  Yes, upping the RAM can help with more memory intensive tasks, but it doesn't necessarily improve speed significantly.  A faster CPU will produce better speeds, but if a regular HDD [especially say, a 5400RPM] bottlenecks that extra speed and power, then it can be a wasted exercise.

Yup, SSDs have revolutionised computing, and given how prices have fallen in the last couple of years, replacing a platter drive with a SSD is probably the best upgrade for the money.

Jafo I was surprised to find almost no bloatware on here on the first boot. Maybe 5 to 7 programs I uninstalled quickly and easily. Other than my diabetic eyes having to adjust to a smaller screen the laptop isn't too bad. 

It's  still the recovery partitions and other 'junk' that no one ever really needs...all 5 laptops currently in the house have been redone from full drive wipe...

I guess things dont matter if your games are ten years old, but if you were playing current games, or were planning to. I play multiplayer my friend uses an A10. The processor makes a difference.

No recovery partition on this one. I think it relies on a cloud reinstalltion if you need a system restore. 

My computer was like that I made a usb recovery flash drive.

Yeah, no worries, I uninstalled all the software it came with, basically I went back to a vanilla install. Then I added my programs of choice. Still thinking of putting Windowblinds on here, it would be the first time I have used Stardock software in years. 

Kona....the process for a laptop is to fully format the drive, not just a partition....and don't just rely on uninstalling  'stuff'.... simply have nothing what-so ever existing on the hardware at all.

Then format...install the OS.  Update...add drivers etc...then you have a vanilla OS.  If you are 'deleting something' it means you got it wrong already...

Nah, that was pre Windows 10. Built in Windows 10 System Restore does the job really good. No vendor stuff any more after that except the needed drivers. You have a vanilla system after that.

Jafo this notebook only has one partition. It came that way. 

Good for you, I also plan to upgrade my PC since my current PC is already 2 years old and quite outdated.

Wow this PC has some issues. Sure, it's fast enough, but I can't get all my games to play. Quite sad. It refuses to play Command And Conquer Generals. Not too surprised, that games is really, really old. It is very picky about what hardware I use, has to be the old Pentium 4 era stuff to run correctly. The thing that gets me is my Hoyle Card Games. Refuses to run full screen and I have yet to find a workaround. Same thing with my copy of The Game Of Life. Everything else runs just fine, just have to get used to a small screen. Coming from a 22" down to a 15" inch is hurting the eyes. 

Outdated don't mean to say it's not good anymore..... that older PCs are no good.  A newer PC may be a bit faster here and there, but if your current PC does all you need it to fast enough, then you may as well save the money for something you really need.

I update home builds as newer tech supercedes my current build, but that's just me... I have to have the best and newest tech as soon as I'm able to afford it.  However, what I have serves me well enough that I plan to no longer build any more PCs.  I used to enjoy building and servicing PCs, but with arthritis and stuff it's getting to be more than I can manage these days.