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    L702X with 750 GB Seagate Hybrid Drive

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by robcope, Feb 29, 2012.

  1. robcope

    robcope Notebook Evangelist

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    I know, you all want numbers. Well, you won't get them from me. As much of a computer geeks as I am, I don't time boot ups and such.

    I cloned and installed this drive last night and so far the performance increase is noticable. When it boots you better know the function key to press if you want to go into Bios settings because by the time you see it, your at windows. I have noticed that as I start up and shut down, it gets a bit faster over time. I am going to give it about a week of normal use and then I may post some times. I think for the price of 179 USD, it is a nice upgrade.

    Program starts seem Instantaneous. I would love a true SSD, but at this point I will take drive space over speed, but the 8 GB SSD that is built into this drive seems to make a difference.

    Just my 2 cents.

    Thx, Rob
     
    robcope, Feb 29, 2012
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