This may sound stupid , how long do things take to thaw in the fridge ? I moved to uni recently so just learning everything that i never needed to know before ! <| sep |> It ' s not that VSCode requires an SSD , but an SSD has been a pretty standard part of any desktop machine for many , many years and you can pretty much assume any developer will have one . I haven ' t ran a machine without an SSD since before 2010 , so I can ' t benchmark VSCode when installed on a traditional drive though I imagine startup time would be slower without one . Frankly though , it shouldn ' t matter . SSDs are standard hardware these days . <| sep |> Not even in Saudi Arabia , they violate human rights but they don ' t go around killing anyone with an opinion . Only really in North Korea would you definitely die for criticising the government . There ' s a chance you would in countries like Iran , China and Russia some I ' ve missed but only if you were a prominent figure like a journalist .