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[Black Hole]

I'm staying mum for now.

 

[trog]

Excuse me if I this is common knowledge already but this looks really promising............................

This Chinese company just unveiled an SSD almost as small as a SIM card

Chinese tech company Biwin has just unveiled an all-new storage format known as Mini SSD. Aside from being speedy, it's also downright puny in size.

www.pocket-lint.com

 

[Black Hole]

That strikes me as a "so what". We already have M.2, or microSD.

 

[EEPhil]

If a reasonably priced mini SSD of decent capacity and good reliability was available AND laptops had a compartment similar to the microSD/SIM one on mobile phones and tablets then it might be useful. I don't relish the idea of opening up my laptop to change the SSD if it fails. Changing the system disk on the old laptop - easy, couple of screws, bish, bash, bosh job done. New one, no obvious way in - every likelihood of knackering the computer.

 

[prpr]

I don't relish the idea of opening up my laptop to change the SSD if it fails.

Musta bought the wrong make then. First thing I did when I got my new one (Dell) was add a second memory stick. Think the NVMe is easily accessible as well. Standard cross-head screws (and unecessary annoying clip things though) to get the back off.

 

[EEPhil]

Musta bought the wrong make then.

HP, but one of their cheapest models.

 

[Black Hole]

Budget units save money by not having access panels.

I would be concerned that a miniaturised SSD didn't have enough surface area for heat dissipation.

 

[Black Hole]

I don't relish the idea of opening up my laptop to change the SSD if it fails.

Look up YouTube, there's usually somebody documenting how they get in for any particular model (or very similar).

 

[trog]

HP, but one of their cheapest models.

I got a great deal on a HP Victus gaming laptop a couple of years ago that if I remember correctly had a RRP of £1200 and it has no access panels just 8 tiny screws around the edge of the base though my previous £500 HP laptop does have access panels in the base and another £400 HP model with a single access panel. Price and make does not seem to be contributing factor.

 

[EEPhil]

Look up YouTube, there's usually somebody documenting how they get in for any particular model (or very similar).

I have. IIRC it requires removing rubber strips on the base to reveal screws. When unscrewed, and here's the bit that'll go wrong, insert something to release the plastic clips and remove the top. Butterfingers here would probably break the clips - as I have done on most of my remote controls. Not forgetting even if I can take it apart I'm likely to cock-up the reassembly!

 

[EEPhil]

my previous £500 HP laptop does have access panels in the base

A laptop I bought twenty years ago ~£1k had such an access panel. Replacing rhe disk was easy-peasy.