Re: [LAU] SSD for audio

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Ray Rashif <schivmeister@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17 December 2010 22:34, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:14:48 +0100
>>> Philipp Überbacher <hollunder@lavabit.com> wrote:
>>>> I have a little question as well: Can a laptop HD be replaced
>>>> with a SSD without trouble
>>>
>>> A slightly longer answer: Yes, as long as the laptop supports SATA.  I
>>> thought I'd replace the drive in my ThinkPad T43, but it uses an older
>>> type drive with a very different connector, so obviously that didn't work
>>> for me.
>>
>> I had a Compaq laptop that looked like it had a different connector.
>> Turned out that Compaq attaced a different connector to the SATA port
>> before inserting it into the machine's drive port. Possibly your
>> ThinkPad is similar?
>
> Laptops either have SATA or IDE. Both types of connections are of a
> different form factor compared to their 3.5" counterparts. However, on
> first look, the SATA one would give you the impression that you can't
> just buy another disk and put it in there. That's because there's an
> extra attachment to the existing disk that needs to be taken out and
> slotted onto the new one.

So we're in agreement, right?

- Mark
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Received on Fri Dec 17 20:15:03 2010