When I bought my laptop a couple of years ago one of the primary considerations was disk drive speed. 7200rpm is zippy, 5400 is molasses, flash should be even

When I bought my laptop a couple of years ago one of the primary considerations was disk drive speed. 7200rpm is zippy, 5400 is molasses, flash should be even better. I bought a Dell and have been happy with it. My adult kids all have Macs and are happy with them.