SSD or NO SSD.. That is the question

[CrystalMeph]

120 GB of apps is a very large amount. I suspect that you've also loaded the data files for those apps on the drive, the paging file, etc. The paging file should NOT be on the same volume as the OS. I have over 500 apps loaded on my notebook. The Program File folder takes less than 10 GB and the Program Files (x86) folder takes less than 5 GB.

IMO your issue is really with the location (organization) of files, not the total size.

The idea of moving your page file to another drive is no longer really relevant. From my personal experience I saw no improvements when moving the page file to another drive on modern systems.
Also, the whole idea of moving the swap file to another drive is a bit obsolete:
http://forums.techguy.org/windows-7/...cate-page.html
http://windowssecrets.com/langalist-...e-performance/
Yes, those are old articles, but they give you a basic idea.
I have over 550Mbs of games installed (no images of games but actual games). Another 300GBs or so of apps (video, audio and animation apps). Then all the files I'm currently working on (Video and Audio). Placing them on another drive would increase loading times since the main drive is in Raid 0, the other drives are not (they are meant for backups). Placing them on another partition on the same drive would be pointless (same bloody drive). I though the whole point of having an SSD was to decrease loading times of apps. Dumping your apps onto another drive instead of your speedy one defeats that purpose.

Anyway, we’re getting off topic.
If the original poster has the money and doesn’t mind limited storage space then he should consider getting an SSD.
If space and price will be an issue he should get a couple of speedy HD’s and Raid them.