Can you update the product description to state that the 256 hard drive is an SSD? You incorrectly state that it's a 7200RPM hard drive. Thanks.
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Toshiba Website and trial product experience at Best Buy showed it is a SSD
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I have the 256 model, same drive. I use it as a bootable backup drive. It works. It's a little sluggish compared to a firewire connection.
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I have not seen it with strictly a ssd hard drive. I will say this though..... It works similarly to an ssd. things that you would want to operate very quickly ( like your operating system) are stored in the ssd portion, while data that doesn't need to accessed quickly/often are stored on the hd portion. Personally, I think it works very well and I'm quite pleased with it. Plus, you're not stuck with the crap Windows 08 OS. Additionally, it makes the laptop cheaper by operating the way it does. A co-worker of mine has a custom built laptop with much better hardware (including the ssd hard drive) and it's not terribly faster than this one.
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I wouldnt! I think it is used for cache and is software and hardware based. You would probably waste it. You need to look further but I though about buying a 256GB SSD for $120 on sale and replace the 500GB spinning drive with the new SSD and let it still cache if it likes I guess??? not sure lol.
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I've seen the same way of describing the ssd in other computers and they only contain 1 ssd drive. On the Sony website there is no mention of 2 separate hard drives. I am reasonably sure this model only has a I7 2.0 ghz processor and 1 256 gb ssd. I'm ordering one today. I was confused at first also
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I purchased this laptop last month and can confirm that the SSD is 16 GB, and the HDD is 5400 RPM.
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I'm no expert, but this is how I understand it. The 128GB SSD and the 500 GB Hard drive are separate options. You get either/or. The 500GB hard drive has a 8 GB SSD used as a cache. You are not able to use it as storage.
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Thanks for the update. Did you mean the WD 5400 rpm 1tb drive 8 cache.. Can't find it in 7200 rpm. Thanks
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This model has a SSD (Solid State Drive) which does not have any moving parts and hence does not spin. A SSD is MUCH Faster than a 7200 rpm drive
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it is a 256GB ... as stated in the description. the "newer model" that they say exists is in fact a 128GB, which is about the only main difference between the two. This S5-391-9880 is definitely the better deal. This 256GB drive should last me for a good while. Remember also, that as drives get more full, their efficiency (speed) decreases, so it's always good to have lots of headroom on your drive.I love my laptop!!! only wish it had back-lit keys, since I tend to use it a lot in the dark, while watching TV.
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From everything that I read, you are correct. 1TB 7200 RPM HDD with 2*256 SSD.
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OS is installed on SSD drive, I removed the 750 drive and replaced with 256G SSD. I did not raid the drives since I want to run games from the 256 SSD and keep OS and other programs on the 128SSD.
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Its a mistake in the specs because technically this PC doesnt have a standard hard drive but SSD instead. SSD is much faster and takes the place of a hard drive. So it has a 128GB "Hard drive" made up of SSD.
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This laptop has a 500 gigabyte standard speed hard drive. It does not come with an SSD. Hope this answers your question.
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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 cloning on Windows 7 OS. Now I am using my old drive as external drive for the same laptop pc.
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Hello Pedro, you can install any current SSD size, I would recommend 128 or 256 GB better, thanks.
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I got this items some weeks ago, I can confirm is a 15.6". I also can confirm that the SSD are made by Sandisk, not ADATA, that was something unexpected :(