That's a good thought - pluggability is somewhat important.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:46 AM, David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote:
> USB3.0 as it will plug into more things . I have found USB 3.0 will transfer 
> the same speed as my eSATA (ie. from SATA --> USB 3.0 is as fast as SATA --> 
> eSATA, or roughly 80-110MB/s).
>
> USB 3.0 truly rocks.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:37 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Webster's question is very timely...
>
> I didn't want to drag his thread off topic, so I'm starting a new one
>
> Not to brag (much), but I just picked up a Dell Precision 4600 laptop at a 
> really good price - it's a quad-core machine with Win7 Pro, 16gb RAM and an 
> ATI Firepro video card, 1920x1080 display (15.6") and a 256gb SSD. ($1600 - 
> sale still going as far as I know.)
>
> Problem is, I'm pretty sure I made a small mistake. That 256gb drive just 
> isn't big enough to hold the VMs I want. I should have gone with the 128gb 
> minicard and a 1tb hard drive.
>
> So, I'm also looking for an external drive, either USB3 or eSATA - if you had 
> the choice, which would you choose for putting in the laptop case for extra 
> storage?
>
> Kurt
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