Thanks all for the very helpful replies.  I noticed the prune option but I wasn't sure about it (being very new to this).  My understanding was that you needed the full blockchain for maximum integrity.  What if everyone pruned their blockchain, would that mean there wouldn't be any full copies of the blockchain?!  Wouldn't that be a problem?

Yes, Jet Cash, I remember seeing an option to state the data directory.  That would be very handy to have the .bitcoin directory on a SSD.  Initially I was thinking you would just need the blocks and the chainstate data but it makes sense, and is a lot easier, simply to copy the entire directory.