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    So I was annoyed about Alienware's shipping problem...

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by $partacus, Jun 9, 2012.

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    $partacus Notebook Guru

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    ...until I noticed that they installed a 32gb Samsung 830 mSata SSD that I sure didn't request or pay for...

    That said, is this thing even big enough to run Windows 7 off of?
     
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    Theoretically? Yes. In practice? No. It's just used for fast caching.
     
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    Why theoretically but not practically?
     
    $partacus, Jun 11, 2012
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    A fresh install of Windows 7 will fit into a 32GB drive, but there is very little "maneuvering room" there for system updates, cache, etc. And you can forget about installing any other startup programs (like antivirus) on that drive as well.
     
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