But avoid Windows laptops with less than 64 GB of flash storage-you can’t even run Windows updates on them without an external drive. In our testing, we found that having flash storage (ideally an SSD, but an eMMC drive is also fast enough) instead of a traditional hard drive dramatically improved everyday performance, even more than a faster processor or more memory.
Storage: Most cheap Windows laptops have spinning hard drives or hybrid drives that feel unbearably slow-booting the laptop, launching apps, and browsing files each take so long that you have time to sip coffee and stretch before you can do anything.