Thanks, I'd forgotten about that option (it was in the news when I was
shopping because I think there had been BIOS bugs?). Did you mean
WWAN?

I'm pretty sure I got that version though I'm not certain, I have
4286CTO. Is that good? I'm sure there's some ThinkVantage "diagnostic"
utility that will be happy to sell me one, but I don't see it.

The Lenovo spec sheet mentions an Intel 80GB mSATA drive, is the
actual limit higher? And what capacity do people here recommend? I
grabbed a bunch of prices from Amazon and Newegg and put them in a
spreadsheet, and it looks like (a) they go up to 120GB, and (b)
cheapest 64GB per gig seems to be a Kingston at $1.44/GB and cheapest
120/128GB seems to be an OCZ Nocti at $1.89/GB.

Apart from brand name, what should I be looking for? For example,
there seems to be both OCZ Strata and a more expensive OCZ Nocti. I
can read the specs to see the difference but is there something the
X220 _won't_ take?

Thanks!

-- 
 Andrew                            mailto:[email protected]

Friday, February 10, 2012, 5:11:03 PM, you wrote:

> Consider getting an mSATA SSD for the X220 (if it's wlan upgradable).
> You can put the OS and programs on it for fast boot and execution, and
> keep the HD for data storage.

> On 2/10/2012 5:06 PM, Andrew Webber wrote:
>> Hi, I'm thinking of upgrading the 64GB SSD in my X300 and replacing
>> the 250GB HD in my X220.
>>
>> Am I right that both require a 7mm SSD? And is there any easy way to
>> identify which is which? Neither Amazon nor Newegg seems to offer it
>> (7mm vs. 9mm) as a filter so I'm forced to check each one. I think the
>> Samsungs may have a "7" in the model name.
>>
>> That said, any recommendations on make, model, or supplier (shipping
>> is to US)? I'm thinking 128GB for the X300 and wondering about 256GB
>> vs. 512GB for the X220 (would be nice to get more space though it
>> looks like 512GB is the current biggest and therefore most $/GB).
>>
>> Finally, using the old device as an external doesn't have a lot of
>> appeal, 250GB is pretty puny and I'm thinking I may just want a cable
>> or something for data transfer, vs. an enclosure. Is that reasonable,
>> or is there a really good use for a 250GB HD or 64GB SSD? And what
>> cable/data transfer solution do you recommend?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>


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