I meant better than a physical rotating drive. A solid state drive is basically a flash memory card packaged in drive enclosure with a SATA interface, so the computer sees it as if it is drive.
The access time is memory access fast because there are no heads that need to move to do the reading.
You should reinstall in older to newer order. Reason is that SketchUp’s webdialog IE browser emulation will get set back to old settings. Well, I think really all you need to do is rerun the 2017 installer and choose the repair option.
When you run any installer, right click it and choose “Run as administrator” from the popup context menu.
Sorry, I forgot. That was the release when they overhauled the video so it would automatically choose the best graphics mode. It also writes a log file when it starts up that will list the technical details. It is the same code that is in the CheckUp utility and the log file is similar (if not the same.)
SU2017 also now uses OpenGL 3.x. This is likely better for your newer hardware.
True Color == 32bit color.
Re, 64bit and 128bit color. Only professional artists are likely to use these. The average person likely cannot distinguish (with their eyes) the itty bitty increments in color that these modes allow.
Using these modes will hog more video memory, and make things run slower. You likely would not use these modes for everyday modeling. Occasionally you might switch to these modes for professional grade rendering (if you do that kind of work.)
ADD: Also I don’t think SketchUp materials can create or save colors better than 32bit. (Someone correct me if I’m wrong here about this.)
Most do not. The dedicated GPU and it’s support chips and VRAM are built on the mother board to save space. The lower grade integrated GPUs are part of the main CPU, and together are known as an APU.