In the end I went with a 256GB Crucial M4 (and Crucial confirmed D1=7mm, D2=9mm). I also bought an Apricorn cable and CD kit, instead of the USB 2.0 ($19-$5MIR) I went with the USB 3.0 ($30-$10MIR).
I don't know if the cloning software checks for an Apricorn cable, if not I guess any cheap direct-from-HK cable would work. I take your point about the Ultrabase, but I had a limited window to get something shipped to US and brought home, so I went this way. Since I'm only doing the clone now it may not have been worth it but I hoped to get to it sooner. It took about 45min to clone (not validation) using the USB 3.0 cable. I think the Crucial M4 has a 3yr warranty and I'm hoping that's enough. We do keep our machines a long time, but OTOH it may get bumped up to 512GB in a couple of years. I have to admit I was tempted by the 1TB HD that Crucial kept presenting for $129. :) Thanks again. -- Andrew mailto:[email protected] Monday, July 9, 2012, 3:47:42 PM, you 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
