SSD? Why can't Samsung offer an SSD option?
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For anyone fairly familiar with computers, you could replace the hard drive with a ssd. However, this laptop boots in less than 20 seconds and runs quite quickly, so I feel confident I am getting a boost from the express cache built-in. Also, it has an amazing recover from sleep in about 2 seconds which makes it even closer to ssd performance. I have a desktop with an ssd for my boot drive, and I can tell you that even buying one of the best Crucial ssd's, they can give you more issues than a standard hard drive. No argument ssds are faster, just saying this hybrid express cache solution from samsung with a 7200 rpm hard drive is a good choice, at least for me.
1318155
I have no idea, I have the 500 GB HDD version, not the lower storage capacity SSD version.
1180455
Great question! There is a firmware update that just came out for this. Also make sure you never defrag an SSD it will turn it into a paper weight.
1303287
I would select the one at the lower price , be it the Crucial or Samsung. Both are good drives and I'll bet you couldn't tell the difference between the two unless you ran benchmark software that told you one was faster. I have several different brand/size/speed drives and on a day-to-day basis there is no observable change in performance. Once you get a SSD you will be happy.
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That configuration is not offered from the factory as of the time of this answer, but you can upgrade the SSD and the RAM. There is a Youtube video currently available to show you how to do that. You will void your warranty if you open the unit to upgrade it. Also, you can add an SDHC card if you need more local storage space.
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I haven't tried to but Crucial sells 240gb 2.5 inch internal SSD for this computer for about 125 bucks. Is this what you mean??
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Yes you can upgrade the SSD, dont worry about losing RAID 0 capability as it doesnt provide any redundancy or data mirroring capability. It is supposed to give a small performance benefit in parallelism of read and write operations but the reality is very minimal. You can upgrade to 256 or 500Gb SSD (S7-392 model so I'd expect it to work with the S7-391) however you need to be aware of certain bios settings. Suffice to say its not for the beginner. You need a 50mm msata replacement, very important. You can take the old one out and buy a caddy for $20 and plug it into the USB 3 and have a very fast external drive. NOTE REPLACEMENT OF THE SSD WILL VOID THE WARRANTY. Yes you can upgrade the SSD, dont worry about losing RAID 0 capability as it doesnt provide any redundancy or data mirroring capability. It is supposed to give a small performance benefit in parallelism of read and write operations but the reality is very minimal. You can upgrade to 256 or 500Gb SSD (S7-392 model so I'd expect it to work with the S7-391) however you need to be aware of certain bios settings. Suffice to say its not for the beginner. You need a 50mm msata replacement, very important. You can take the old one out and buy a caddy for $20 and plug it into the USB 3 and have a... » Read More Yes you can upgrade the SSD, dont worry about losing RAID 0 capability as it doesnt provide any redundancy or data mirroring capability. It is supposed to give a small performance benefit in parallelism of read and write operations but the reality is very minimal. You can upgrade to 256 or 500Gb SSD (S7-392 model so I'd expect it to work with the S7-391) however you need to be aware of certain bios settings. Suffice to say its not for the beginner. You need a 50mm msata replacement, very important. You can take the old one out and buy a caddy for $20 and plug it into the USB 3 and have a very fast external drive. NOTE REPLACEMENT OF THE SSD WILL VOID THE WARRANTY. « Show Less
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It isn't SSD, it's a SSHDD, a combination of a SSD and a HDD. faster than a HDD
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That dock should accept SSDs but I have never tried, so I can't say for sure.
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You can swap it out for a SSD, but just make sure you have a copy of all the drivers and some back-up discs of the OS.
499322
I'm in the very same situation... got my SSD Sandisk 256GB but would prefer to have the ADATA 128GB if it would be faster. You can reach me at laborges at hot mail . Thanks!
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I haven't messed with the hdd yet, so I don't know about installing a ssd. The 2 blank memory slots are very easy to access and you can quickly plug in more RAM.
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No, you can't (i guess you're talking about RAM). I'm not quite sure about the SSD, but i have a 64 GB Micro SDXC Card in the slot, that's the same amountn :-P and it works perfectly.
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The 5400rpm Best Buy's (NP700Z5B-W01UB) model HDD was a deal breaker for me. Besides Amazon's tax savings offset the price difference, so you get all 4 additional features (7200 HDD, 8G SSD, backlit keyboard, better video) for about $100 considering shipping and the current $150-$200 price difference. However the mention of the 5400rpm drive in S03 (and I'm sure S04) models made me think again. It's gotta be some difference with S01/S02 and the drive seems to be it. Another thing that one reviewer (of the S04) confirmed is that the 8G SSD is indeed proprietary tech (built into and inseparable from the HDD) and thus unavailable as a separate drive letter. I use Linux as my primary OS, so I don't care about Windows startup or IE speed. I don't think Linux would pick up the SSD at all. Which makes me go back to the stripped down Best Buy model. I'd simply swap its slow HDD with a full-size (256G+) SSD which can be had for $300 nowadays. I can live w/o the backlit keyboard and as far as the less capable video card, it's a business notebook, not a water-cooled gaming rig anyway.
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None as far as I know of. I purchased the 480 gig version and all that came with it was the SSD and an adapter to make it fit in a 9mm drive space if needed. The Crucial website sells software to assist in installing the SSD so check it out to see if that will help.
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I don't see why not. I would do a little research first though. Check around on Google to see if anyone else has put an ssd in one.
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Hybrid drives are slower. 8GB of Flash, what are you going to do with that. I've tried many Seagates. Dual drive is better but pure SSD why not these days