There are few ways to make a laptop faster that are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD).

The natural middle ground is to get an SSD for your Windows installation and an HDD for all your stuff. This video shows you how to setup both to make them work well together.

How to upgrade the 2.5-inch HDD in your Lenovo Legion Y7000 Note: Before beginning any upgrades on a PC, it's a good idea to backup your data in the unlikely event something should go wrong.

But as several readers have noted, there is another way to add an SSD to your Mac: you can keep your old hard drive, and instead replace the Mac’s CD/DVD optical drive, also known as a SuperDrive.