SATA is a mechanical hard drive that uses rotating disks to store data. pros it is usually a higher capacity than s solid state drive it is also a less expensive technology. cons are it is more susceptible to failure and slower than a solid state. Solid state drives boot up much faster and retrieve and save data faster. there are no moving parts so they are less susceptible to failure. cons are only that they tend to have less storage space and rare more expensive than SATA drives at this time, If you are using the computer for basic web browsing and not storing lots of data , pictures and especially videos solid state is the better choice, if you want to store a lot a SATA will usually have more space