Originally Posted by
above.the.clouds
The fact that the new t450s can't take a drive in the ultrabay is a disappointment. My rig currently has two drives in it. Almost all engineers here use the T430s so going to the t450s is a let down.
Not quite sure what to do other than to buy new drives.
SSD in an external USB3 case is surprisingly usable, although it does depend for what -- not so much for say, running VMs out of. They do make a 2TB SSD that's almost affordable (about $800 last I checked) and quite zippy...
I have no idea if the T440p still has an ultrabay. If it does, the T460p (if such a machine materializes, which I
expect it will, in January) might keep one.
There are also workstation-class machines; take a look at the W550s -- not sure if that has dual HDD bays, but it may... and definitely the P50 has been advertised for that, although it's one big mother of a machine.