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    What price could be for Thinkpad 128GB SSD?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by MDDZ, Jun 12, 2009.

  1. MDDZ

    MDDZ Notebook Deity

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    Thinkpad 128GB SSD costs about $500 now. What its price will likely be a year after?

    I am hoping to buy a X301, but not sure to choose 64GB or 128GB SSD. Obviously the latter is more expensive.

    Cheers!
     
    MDDZ, Jun 12, 2009
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  2. MDDZ

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    Nobody wants to say something?


    EDIT - Please follow the 24 hour bump rule.
     
    MDDZ, Jun 12, 2009
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    trieudoahong Notebook Consultant

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    SSD is very expensive now. Only buy it if you have a special purpose or want to build a dreaming laptop.
     
    trieudoahong, Jun 12, 2009
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    The model Lenovo currently uses is a 1.8" 128GB Samsung MLC SSD (MMCQE28G8MUP-0VA). You can try to search and see if you can buy it aftermarket.

    The issue you will find is that the x301 only supports 1.8" MICRO SATA drives. These are rarely sold by resellers (e.g. Newegg) as most laptops take 2.5" SATA drives. However, ANY 1.8" MICRO-SATA drive you find will work perfectly in the x301 so you are not limited to the Samsung model.

    SSDs are roughly expected to follow Moore's law as they are a solid state and transistor based device. As such, capacity should double at a given price, and the price for a given capacity should drop 50% every 12-18 months. However, this is a general rule and may not always apply.


    All this being said, I stand by my original recommendation. 64GB is more than big enough as long as you keep your media separate (I use a 64GB 1.8" Samsung SLC drive in my x200T). I recommend you pick up a decent USB HDD (like this 2.5" 400GB USB model for $90) and store media (movies/music) on that. The smaller 2.5" external HDDs are USB powered and you can take it with you if you need the extra space.
     
    jonlumpkin, Jun 12, 2009
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    is it possible to fit a regular hard drive into x301?
     
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    Thank you so much for the information.

    Did your 64GB SSD come with your x200 from Lenovo? How much space is left when it arrived? I have another thread for this question:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=389558

    Cheers!
     
    MDDZ, Jun 12, 2009
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    You can use a 1.8" micro-SATA HDD. However, this is not recommended. These are almost always 4200 RPM, top out around 160GB, and are extremely inferior to an SSD in terms of performance.

    NO. My x200 Tablet came with a 160GB 5400RPM HDD. I used it with a conventional HDD for a few months, but it always felt a bit sluggish (especially the first 10 minutes after booting). I was able to source a 64GB 1.8" SLC SSD off Newegg a few months back when they actually stocked them (they had them priced way too low for about 2 weeks, and they are now gone).

    I performed a clean install of Windows 7 RC on the SSD. I also have a wide variety of applications on there (including Office 2007, GIMP, VS 2008, et. al.), 3.25GB of documents, 3.14GB of pictures, and have generally not found space to be a problem. However, I try and keep my large media files on my desktop with about 2TB of storage across five HDDs.

    Detailed information about my switch from an HDD to an SSD is outlined in the SSD effects link in my signature.
     
    jonlumpkin, Jun 12, 2009
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    joey-t, Jun 12, 2009
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