Will the 80gig HDD be swappable for the 64 gig SSD? I'm interested in this but I'm not spending 1,000 for a harddrive. Will the 80 gig be swappable for the 64 when prices drop on SSDs?
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My guess is yes because Apple uses standard drives in all of their computers. The MBA uses standard 1.8" PATA drives.
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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
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Hi so you want to trade my 128GB for your 256GB? Email me at geraldino DOT 10 ATT gmail DOT com, I'm looking to upgrade my HDD on my UX31. Thanks.
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I just installed a new win7 os no problems at all. Then reattached my old drive and removed what I wanted , formatted it and store pictures and large programs on it. I am just sorry I did not buy a bigger SSD.
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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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Any internal hard drive is swappable, why couldn't it be changed via an upgrade. Firmware problems? The ram and the hard drives are completely accessible to a qualified technician.
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I don't understand why you would upgrade the SSD. It is blazing fast as is. If you need storage, using cloud services has worked for me. I read that upgrading these machines on your own is generally not recommended.
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I removed the cover today on mine to replace the HDD with an SSD and add another mSATA. BE FOREWARNED: To remove the case you have to break a "Warranty Void" sticker. Once inside you will find *nothing* can be upgraded replaced without having to completely disassemble the system; I decided to not attempt it. I've been building/upgrading systems for 20 years and the internal design of this system was complex enough to scare me off. The only thing that appears to accessible is the HDD but I could figure out how it was mounted and wasn;tabout to tinker about and make a $2K paperweight :)
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The ssd can be swapped out. It is a proprietary ssd and owc is the only one who makes them currently.
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This is a somewhat inconclusive Answer: I no longer have the original packaging. The 64 GB does not state speed on the actual drive & I am on USB 2. I do have a 32gb from the same series & it does state USB 3.0 on the drive.
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changing the drive is easy, any SSD SATA would do. I would go about 250g or bigger if you can afford it. Don't forget to clone from the original to get all the proper drivers .
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Dear Mr. Harris thanQ for your enquiry and the Thoshiba 128GB Q series Pro was replaced in my above mention laptop perfectely and working well. This new SSD Drive is running more speed than my old 500 GB mechanical drive after cloningon Windows 7 OS. Now I am using my old drive as external drive for the same laptop pc.
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Ram memory is soldered so it is unexpandable. You'd have to purchae the variant with 8GB by default. SSD is mSata so you can expand manually.
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Yes, you can upgrade the RAM, but only to 8 G. Also, it only has room for one chip and make sure you get the right one. As far as changing out the HD drive, I believe you can, but I am not sure which one you could use. Maybe when you change the RAM you can check what is possible with the drive since you have to pull the whole bottom off to access the memory. I've been using the laptop as is and it works well for all I do. I woul recommend using the laptop for awhile before you change anything. Maybe it will work just fine "as is" for you?
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No chance of swapping the ram, that is soldered to the board. You can if you are extremely motivated change the SSD (NGFF, M.2), good luck finding one though, they are as of April 2014 only available to manufacturers...
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Steffan is correct. Look up overprovisioning in google. Sandisk and Intel does this for you while companies like Samsung expect you to just partition the drive smaller or use their tool to shrink the drive if you install it using the Max size. You need to over provision an ssd for it to work properly, but some companies want you to see that 256GB on the box and think "Well, that is bigger than 240GB, Ill get the bigger one"
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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.