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Post Date: 2014-04-06
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    Posted: 06 Apr 2014 at 2:34am
I just read about your new laptops on Engadget, and was looking for your laptop sub-forum.    I'm probably just missing it; not enough sleep.

Could someone provide a link?

Your new laptops look awesome. I was going to post a question about how to choose between mSata SSD vs regular Disk 1 and 2 SSD. i.e.., what are the advantages to adding a mSata SSD.
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Hi GreenThumb.. Welcome to the forums.   There is no separate laptop forums.   Config Discussion and Hardware, etc are for both laptops and desktops.

As far as I know, mSATA and SATA are just the size, great for laptops. There has been a little slower read/write with mSata but not sure the latest have that issue.

Not a laptop guy so others might chime in.
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Like Bprat said there is no separate laptop forums. The config discussion and so forth is for both laptops and desktops.

Btw welcome to the forums.
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BP22 is correct about the mSATA vs SATA - same thing just different form factor. The SATA drive is your more traditional looking drive in a box vs the mSATA looking for like a computer chip with the connectors on one end. Designed to be smaller to fit into notebooks and other smaller devices.

Here's a traditional SATA SSD:



And here's an mSATA SSD:



And here's one last image comparing the size between the two:

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Wow, fstcvc, thanks for the pictures. Those are very different! And thank you all for the kind welcome.

What are the dimension and weight differences between the 4 laptop models?

And to the designers:

Thanks for making 802.11 AC speeds available in your laptops. Most laptops still only offer N. That is one criteria holding me back from buying for the past year.

I would not buy any new device or laptop right now that doesn't support 802.11 AC speeds, given the ~ 3 years+ of useful laptop life, and the fact that bandwidth, either hard drive or network, has always been my bottleneck.

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Posts: 20391 		  Quote bprat22 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 06 Apr 2014 at 12:47pm
I'm not at my rig to list the specs so best bet would be to go the Configurator and under each Chassis Model hit 'more info'. The dimensions and weights are listed.

Good luck.
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