Also, I am sure that a SSD would make my computer load programs faster, but I do not close them all that often. I have firefox running all the time (and restart it when it starts using too much memory or becomes too slow, maybe once every few days), same with other stuff, except games of course, but games do not take long to load either (especially compared to play time).
so you've adapted to the computers lack of speed by changing your behavior. Commendable! when i'm coding, not having the 10 sec lag while it spins up and does a grep means 10 seconds less i have to remember something while i work.
Humans have limited short term memory and anything that can allow a human to process within that short term memory horizon is going to confer a big advantages.. i wish people realized that that specific ability to buffer is quite variable and should not be relied upon, when saying a system is "good enough". Good enough for you, maybe, on a good day, when you were on lots of caffeine and young. I say the computer revolution is about *maxmizing my intellect*, and SSD's do that by working close to the speed of my thoughts. Which is why i love them /end rant :)