Hmmm I will have to look into a hybrid drive, since I cannot afford a ssd that has some decent storage. I use Premiere Pro cs5 and After Effects cs5 so this does get use and it is nice that my rendering finishes three times quicker than my friends. I will start tinkering with my start up programs and putting some on delayed start up. thanks for all the help. Does anybody have an opinon on the whole laser on plasma tv and laptop screen?