At $350 and up, I think that's a little spendy. However, the 256gb versions might well fit in my budget.
Kurt On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > USB3.0 - it is bus powered. Get a 512GB SSD, and put it into a USB3 enclosure. > > I have the Crucial M4 512GB - they can be had for a good price, plus 256GB > internal SSD. Gives plenty of space for VMs in my experience. I also have a > 128GB SD card for storing commonly used ISO files > > Cheers > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, 1 March 2013 6:37 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Webster's question is very timely... > > I didn't want to drag his thread off topic, so I'm starting a new one > > Not to brag (much), but I just picked up a Dell Precision 4600 laptop at a > really good price - it's a quad-core machine with Win7 Pro, 16gb RAM and an > ATI Firepro video card, 1920x1080 display (15.6") and a 256gb SSD. ($1600 - > sale still going as far as I know.) > > Problem is, I'm pretty sure I made a small mistake. That 256gb drive just > isn't big enough to hold the VMs I want. I should have gone with the 128gb > minicard and a 1tb hard drive. > > So, I'm also looking for an external drive, either USB3 or eSATA - if you had > the choice, which would you choose for putting in the laptop case for extra > storage? > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
