Thanks David, I do have the ultrabase but not sure how long it would take to get the HD adapter (limited window for getting it fast; if Lenovo replaces the HD it buys me some time too). Could check I guess, is it that much better than a USB cable? I note the Apricorn kit is what's bundled from Crucial (assume they're all the same corporation :).
Is there a hybrid that fits in 7mm? I note that Crucial seems to think there's a 1TB (!) 5200rpm drive that would fit, and it's only $129 (!!). Add an mSATA drive for booting and (more importantly) hibernation and I wonder if you'd get similar results (or at least the illusion thereof). Good point about the warranty. I'll have to check all these (but only have a couple of hours if I'm going to get it this week). =aw On July 9, 2012 at 3:47 PM David Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll probably need a data transfer kit, they have one from Apricorn for > > U$19 > > If you have the ultrabase for your X220, by far the best way of doing the > transfer is using an ultrabay HD adapter: put the old drive in the ultrabay, > the new one in the machine, boot from the ultrabay, etc. The ultrabay SATA > adapters that sell on eBay for under $10 work well. > > > I have about 40-60GB free on the HD (so haven't been too aggressive it > > keeping it down), I'm wondering if the 256GB would be big enough. > > Because of this tradeoff, we just upgraded my son's machine with a hybrid > (Seagate Momentus) instead of a full SSD. It is not as fast as the SSD on > my machine, but still much faster than a regular disk. There's a review > here: > http://www.anandtech.com/show/3734/seagates-momentus-xt-review-finally-a-good-hybrid-hdd > (note that the velociraptor with which they are favorably comparing it is a > 10,000 rpm desktop drive). > > Don't forget to check the warranty. Part of my decision to go with an Intel > SSD on my machine was the 5 year warranty. > > David > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
