On May 1, 2016 6:10:31 PM EDT, Rich Pieri <[email protected]> wrote: >mSATA is dead. M2/NGFF (PCIe) drives are where the compact form factors
Maybe so. Replaceable flash is more important than a specific interface. >What is your actual budget? Because to me, "inexpensive" in a notebook >is anything less than about $2K. I see so many well under $1k, and I don't need CPU horse power of the latest calibre, so all those lower models tempt me. A sluggish modern model is so much faster then my previous old computer, that I look at physical properties such as what jacks and slots it has, size, weight, battery life… Except I am afraid of SSDs and so would like replaceability and expandability. >For ultraportable I suggest looking at the Dell XPS 13 Developer >Edition: 8GB, 256G PCIe drive, 1080p display, Intel HD Graphics, ships >with Ubuntu, for about $1K. I've moved on to Debian, but Ubuntu is a Linux endorsement. I'll check it out. I can't go back to 265G, but maybe I can work something out in the details. Thanks, -kb -- Sent from my Turing Machine. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
