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0 pointsnsomaru9y ago0 comments

I have the same model (SVZ13), I'm sure. Is yours carbon fibre? It's super fast and hasn't slowed down with a little maintenance. I'm sure it will go for a few more years with care. The docking station external graphics are useless though (only marginally better than the onboard intel HD) That said...

Limitations I'm coming up against right now:

1) Cannot upgrade from 8GB RAM which is soldered to the board. I want to run more VM's!

2)I want two bigger SSD's to replace the current 2x128GB scenario. Once again, these are soldered to the board.

3)My sim tray broke and if I remove it it will definitely not be usable any more.

4) would love to install linux on it but not sure what the RAID0 story is there with this machine.

There might be a way to do it, I just need a guide to parts etc (for ssd and hdd).

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fiatpandas9y ago

No, I didn't get the carbon fiber version (nor the dock, which I'm glad I didn't based on peoples negative reviews of the video card).

I've been surprised at how much it has held up its speed, even with upgrading to Windows 10. I can see myself using it for at least 1.5–2 more years.

The on-board RAM and SSDs are unfortunate. I experience memory limit issues occasionally, especially with heavy Adobe usage.

I believe linux will support the RAID configuration (seeing it as one drive). Good way of checking is to boot Ubuntu on a thumb drive.

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