Originally Posted by
nkedel
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.
Yeah I think I'm done carrying heavier machines. I looked into the guts of the X1 carbon 3rd gen, I mean, it's not that bad. M2 is a new thing for me, so I googled it, it's not that expensive for 500gb. It means my 2.5" ones are useless though, oh well.
I looked at the Zenbook, and these ultrabooks are hard to open. I have to stick with Lenovo. The T450 apparently has a 2.5" SSD and 2 M2? or mSata ports as well.
I hate having to choose between usability and ease to fix. Just jack up the price and i'll pay for it but as it stands now. It sucks. I might wait for February for the 4th gen X1 carbon.