Laptop with an SSD

[RobOverstreet]

I can't find any laptops with ssd in them except for in the range of several thousand dollars. What is this? Are laptops with SSDs just not in the market for some reason?

 

[hst101rox]

I don't know about that, much often it's cheaper to buy a laptop with a mechanical drive, then buy an SSD, swap and sell the original drive (or keep in case of warranty claims in the future).

 

[USAFRet]

I can't find any laptops with ssd in them except for in the range of several thousand dollars. What is this? Are laptops with SSDs just not in the market for some reason?

Asus Zenbook
256GB SSD
$800

http/store.asus.com/us/item/201511AM230003106/A17602

 

[RobOverstreet]

I can't find any laptops with ssd in them except for in the range of several thousand dollars. What is this? Are laptops with SSDs just not in the market for some reason?

Asus Zenbook
256GB SSD
$800

http/store.asus.com/us/item/201511AM230003106/A17602

is there a version of this without touchscreen?

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

An SSD is relatively very expensive per Gigabyte compared to a traditional HDD. Unless all consumer-level laptop maker's switched to SSD, those few makers that did switch would have to make their laptops considerably more expensive than their competitors who continue to fit an HDD. Not good for market share.

Consumers (most at least) would not be willing to pay that extra cost for less storage space when they can buy what may be more powerful laptop with a 1TB HDD for the same money or even less.

Buying your own SSD makes more sense because it will almost certainly cost you less than the laptop maker adds to the overall price of a laptop which already has one of the same capacity.

 

[USAFRet]

I can't find any laptops with ssd in them except for in the range of several thousand dollars. What is this? Are laptops with SSDs just not in the market for some reason?

Asus Zenbook
256GB SSD
$800

http/store.asus.com/us/item/201511AM230003106/A17602

is there a version of this without touchscreen?

I have no idea. It was just the first sub-$1000 one I came across with an SSD.
So they DO exist. There are probably others.