http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2009/01/04/msi-netbook-sports-solid-state-and-hard-drives/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/01/04/msi-netbook-sports-solid-state-and-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-167016 R. Zurek Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:27:42 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=11059#comment-167016 I just purchased a Lenovo s10e from Fry's electronics in Downers Grove, Il. It has a build date of 3/11/09. The unit was supposed to come equipped with a 160 Gb hard drive. When I turned the unit on, and checked "My Computer" it showed only a 4Gb drive. When I checked the BIOS, it showed a 4Gb SSD, and a 160Gb Western Digital drive. The 160Gb drive was not online, and did not have a drive letter. I formatted the drive, and assigned it drive letter "D". "My Computer" now shows the two drives, C & D. The 4Gb drive is not a partition, as the computer will run without the 160Gb drive. I called up Lenovo support to confirm the two drives. Upon checking my serial number, he did confirm the two drives, and asked me if I ordered it that way. I told him I bought it "off the shelf". The Lenovo press release doesn't even show the S10e available with two drives; it's either one or the other. I assume that Lenovo had made too many of the SSD units, and just added the 160Gb drive to ship them in a timely manner, eating the cost of the SSD. By the way, the SSD is apparently mounted on the motherboard, and is not user accessible. It is not installed in place of the normal hard drive. I just purchased a Lenovo s10e from Fry’s electronics in Downers Grove, Il. It has a build date of 3/11/09. The unit was supposed to come equipped with a 160 Gb hard drive. When I turned the unit on, and checked “My Computer” it showed only a 4Gb drive. When I checked the BIOS, it showed a 4Gb SSD, and a 160Gb Western Digital drive. The 160Gb drive was not online, and did not have a drive letter. I formatted the drive, and assigned it drive letter “D”. “My Computer” now shows the two drives, C & D. The 4Gb drive is not a partition, as the computer will run without the 160Gb drive. I called up Lenovo support to confirm the two drives. Upon checking my serial number, he did confirm the two drives, and asked me if I ordered it that way. I told him I bought it “off the shelf”. The Lenovo press release doesn’t even show the S10e available with two drives; it’s either one or the other. I assume that Lenovo had made too many of the SSD units, and just added the 160Gb drive to ship them in a timely manner, eating the cost of the SSD. By the way, the SSD is apparently mounted on the motherboard, and is not user accessible. It is not installed in place of the normal hard drive.

]]> http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2009/01/04/msi-netbook-sports-solid-state-and-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-154685 Woody Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:03:53 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/?p=11059#comment-154685 From what I read, solid state drives are not always faster than mechanical hard drives. Apparently only the expensive SS drives are faster; most of the ones used in low-end notebooks are actually slower than standard hard drives. From what I read, solid state drives are not always faster than mechanical hard drives. Apparently only the expensive SS drives are faster; most of the ones used in low-end notebooks are actually slower than standard hard drives.

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