You’ll most likely regret a 17” unless you’re using it for viewing DVDs or streaming content. It’s a beast to carry around and transport.
-D > On Dec 1, 2020, at 11:08 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > On 2020-11-30 20:42, Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: >> Yes they did, yes I bought one, and yes I was able to mount a second >> drive (m.2 SSD, $50 for a Crucial 500GB version). > > I will put something like a WD Blue 1TB ($90 last weekend) in mine later, but > it doesn't have a platter drive bay like yours does so I need a roomy SSD. > > I may get a 17" next Thanksgiving. I can probably sell the $400 one for a > profit, and never be out of warranty. > I really like a 17" screen (but plugging it into a 27" panel is more better, > and 99% of the time it's used at home), a DVD is somewhat important to me > (but a USB DVD is OK), and two drives inside the machine is really, really > nice. Just a few mouse clicks to back up files. > > On Black Friday, the top deal on the planet according to SlickDeals was the > Pavilion 15Z with AMD 4700, and every 17" I configured was $150-200 more for > similar specs. > > After I bought it, I discovered the latest PCIe spec is PCIe4, and my high > end CPU, introduced in the winter of 2020, has a PCIe3 interface, limited to > 3GB/s. That's 10x as fast as the SATA in my old laptop, but some PCIe4 drives > can hit 5GB/s. OTOH, PCIe4 drives tend to draw a lot more power. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
