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    Those with W520's and are running UEFI/GPT on their SSD....any performance difference?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by JRHAWK9, Jul 1, 2011.

  1. JRHAWK9

    JRHAWK9 Newbie

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    How do you like it? How's the performance? Having any issues outside of bitlocker and the fingerprint scanner (which there is a workaround for)?

    I am trying to decide between running UEFI/GPT or running legacy. I would solely be doing so for a performance benefit. If there's no performanve increase I will probably stick with legacy.

    thanks!
     
    JRHAWK9, Jul 1, 2011
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  2. bogatyr

    bogatyr Notebook Evangelist

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    I used that on my W520 before returning it. On my new T420s that I switched to, I stuck with legacy.

    UEFI offered to shave seconds off the boot time at the cost of ease of use and BitLocker. Not worth it in my opinion.
     
    bogatyr, Jul 1, 2011
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  3. ThinkRob

    ThinkRob Notebook Deity

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    The only performance benefit would be a slight decrease in boot times. Once the machine is running there should be no performance difference.
     
    ThinkRob, Jul 1, 2011
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