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    2nd hard drive on Satellite A200-ST2043?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by R4000, Mar 26, 2008.

  1. R4000

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    I'm looking at this configurable notebook on the Toshiba website and noticed a 2nd hard drive option. Is it a fixed internal, or does it take the place of the dvd drive like on some Thinkpads?

    I downloaded the user guide, but it gave no mention of this.

    Thanks. :)
     
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    They are both housed internally and you still get to keep your CD/DVD drive.

    However, according to a few reviews unless you order the second HDD while customizing the notebook, you will not be able to install one yourself because Toshiba would unfortunately leave out the SATA connectors even though the extra HDD bay would be present.
     
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    Thanks usapatriot, looks like a decent unit.

    Any thoughts on the Satellite line in general, or for the A200? I notice that they are still using the previous generation Memrons. Would it be adviseable to wait for the Penryn update, or would it be of little difference?

    Having always bought HP/Compaq, I'm looking for alternatives with a bit more graphical power and slightly better build quality. Frankly, I'm getting tired of intermittent power jack issues and mediocre gpus in the 15.4" lineup..........
     
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    I've played around with the Satellite line a bit and personally I'm not a fan of their build quality and general thickness, otherwise they seem like decent notebooks for the money.

    Depends on what you are going to be using the notebook for, I'm sure that the memron CPU's are plenty powerful for most types of work but if your going to be doing a lot of heavy gaming, rendering, encoding, video editing and the like then I think it would be wise to wait for a Penryn update.
     
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    Hmm. As for the thickness, I wonder if this allows them to retain better cooling. The HP dv6400 I have is much thinner than it's predecessor, but it also ran absurdly hot from the factory. So much so, that HP put out a BIOS update so the fan would run constantly (and prevent the lappy from overheating)......

    I do enjoy video encoding/editing at times, and some periodic gaming (although I'm limited to old games due to my Go 7200). I wouldn't mind trying something that was made in this century. ;) :D

    Thanks for your input. :)
     
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