On other sites, this model is listed with an 8GB Solid-State Drive Cache. Does Amazon's offering include that as well?
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Yes, it does. It's a hybrid SSD/HDD with the 8GB used as a cache drive to quickly access your pagefile and other regularly used programs. Not near as fast as a true SSD, but it will speed up boot times and load times for programs you use often.
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Frank, it has both. The SSD is a 20GB and is for cache purposes. Look at the link and click on specifications. It has all of the info. that the listing should have. I am very pleased with this laptop! http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/Acer-Aspire-TimelineU-M5-581T-6024-15.6in-Core-i5-3317U-Windows-7-Home/3035027.aspx
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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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It is a typo. The Hard drive, or more specifically the Solid State Drive, is 256 Gb total as the other two answers state.
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There are two drives in it: the first is a 32GB mSATA drive that provides Cache for Windows 8. Don't tell Vizio, but we've already upgraded it to a 256GB Micron mSATA SSD (450 MB/sec woohoo!) and installed linux on it. The second drive is a standard SATA 2.5" 1TB spinning platter hard drive which is also upgradable. I'm pretty sure the RAM is upgradable, but I wasn't paying that much attention when I had it apart because I don't need more than the stock 8GB.
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The person I tried to do business with did not follow through,put a solid-state Samsung drive in and it will make the machine feel like brand-new.And you won't have to add the memory most likely.
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No... There are newer models....If the model was to be discontinued, then it would be marked as saying discontinued. This model maybe a 32 MB Cache and there is a 64 MB Cache. This model is a SATA II and the newer models would be SATA III. If I needed a new 1.5 TB HD right now, I would buy this one because I have 4 total already.
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The unit comes with a 128GB SSD. I was confused also but it does come with it.
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Cache doesn't matter, only the size of the drive. The new needs to be exactly the same size or larger and if it is larger you need to do a resize within your OS if it is supported.
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Hello, Here is a link to model that has the 500gb SSD drive: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ANT5BFC Thank you, Jesse
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I once talked to a fellow on the amazon message boards and he told me he had managed to take the stock hard drive out and put in an ssd. That's what he told me he did. I took his word for it and maybe you should too. But it was just his word so proceed with caution. It might void the warranty if you do swap the hard drives out.
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Googled the model number and on sites such as bestbuy, walmart, and cnet the descriptions say it does have 20gb of SSD. likewise, there's a similar product on Amazon with a different model number that i have compared to and i couldnt find any difference to find out why it cost $100 more. I am hoping this model is everything other websites say it is.
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Good question.I bought the same PC, just a step down though. The one that I purchased came pre-installed with 6GB of RAM. Amazon claimed 8GB was the max. I upgraded with no problem.From the experience I've had with Amazon, they're good about providing the correct information in the product description (I've only seen one instance where it wasn't). IMO you shouldn't have any trouble with upgrading.Hopefully this helps.
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I just received my Netbook and I am not really a "computer whiz", so I'm not sure what all the talk is about the rebate or DVD drive. What do I need to do to take advantage of the offer? Also, does upgrading to 2gb have anything to do with the speed of the computer or just additional memory?
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I was going to buy it here on Amazon but Newegg.com had an even better deal. For $390 they threw in an extra 1TB hard drive. Pretty good deal. Can't wait to test this baby out.
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I bought 4 of these: Seagate 1TB Laptop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 8MB Cache 2.5-Inch Internal Drive Retail Kit (STBD1000100) They were on-sale at the time for $69. You should be able to find something with equivalent stats for around that price.
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I ordered the 2TB model, and it came without a drive. I imagine that there is something incorrectly listed in the 2TB model listing.