Switching my laptop disk to SSD was probably the best investment I made (laptop related anyways). 64GB or even 96GB SSDs are quite cheap . You can buy an extern

Switching my laptop disk to SSD was probably the best investment I made (laptop related anyways). 64GB or even 96GB SSDs are quite cheap . You can buy an external, USB powered casing for the (presumably) big platter disk and use it like that.