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In response to "Thanks! I did some looking around and it can be upgraded as well so I think we'll give it a try. -- nm" by Krusty

My guess is they are very cheap today with Prime Day, but a decent sized SSD (250/500GB) would do wonders for the performance of that machine. -- (link)

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Jul 15 '19, 08:04

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You'd probably want to look at the 2.5" SSD which would swap out the 1TB HD (www.techradar.com)

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Thanks! What I'm reading is that we should get a SSD for boot up and such and use the HDD for storage. Acer has a video on installing an M.2 SSD - Krusty Jul 15, 08:14 2
- See below, but yes. That's exactly the scenario. When we have machines here at work that are a bit slower, an SSD upgrade is cheap and wicked fast -- nm - oblique Jul 15, 08:17 1
  - I need to look around today and see what I find for a fair priced SSD that'll work for us. I appreciate your help with this. -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 08:27
EDIT: Looking at the Amazon page again they suggest a version that includes the M.2 SSD. If that machine really does have that option, that's a great -- (edited) - oblique Jul 15, 08:06 1
- Yeah, that's what I just read. Add on the M.2 for booting and such and use the HDD for storage. Thanks for all the info! -- nm - Krusty Jul 15, 08:17

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