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>I have another questions about replacing the hard drive with SSD. I am pretty much convinced that SSD is the way to go.
>
>Dell quoted Western Digital SSD and I found that Samsung, supposedly, the fastest and a "Pro" grade SSD drive.
>Aside from the prices (where Samsung is the most expensive, about $450), I want to be sure that the dimensions of the SSD will fit into the existing laptop.
>
>I found that what I have now in my laptop is HGST Travelstar 2.5-Inch 500GB that has the following dimensions:
>3.94 x 2.76 x 0.28 in
>
>The SSD drives (both WD and Samsung) have the dimensions:
>2.75 x 3.94 x 0.27 in
>
>Do you know what is the second number (2.76 vs 3.94)? The SSD has it about 1" larger which concerns me.
>
>TIA for any suggestions/input on this dimension.
When I look at these dimensions on Amazon pages, I think Amazon got them reversed. Kind of, strange coincidence that the 3.94 is in both dimensions but in different places.
>
>Dell quoted Western Digital SSD and I found that Samsung, supposedly, the fastest and a "Pro" grade SSD drive.
>Aside from the prices (where Samsung is the most expensive, about $450), I want to be sure that the dimensions of the SSD will fit into the existing laptop.
>
>I found that what I have now in my laptop is HGST Travelstar 2.5-Inch 500GB that has the following dimensions:
>3.94 x 2.76 x 0.28 in
>
>The SSD drives (both WD and Samsung) have the dimensions:
>2.75 x 3.94 x 0.27 in
>
>Do you know what is the second number (2.76 vs 3.94)? The SSD has it about 1" larger which concerns me.
>
>TIA for any suggestions/input on this dimension.
When I look at these dimensions on Amazon pages, I think Amazon got them reversed. Kind of, strange coincidence that the 3.94 is in both dimensions but in different places.
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"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too." W.Somerset Maugham