Thinkpad T440s: do I want a m.2 msata ssd?

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>

| > 2.  The original 16G mSATA is used "for caching purposes only"
| > according to the tech specs.  What exactly does this mean?  Is this
| > something we can use under Linux?  And is there any reason to believe
| > one would or would not be able to boot from one of these drives?
| 
| That is just how Windows chooses to use it in the default setup.

I think that Intel has some trademarked "technology" to do this.  I
assume that it is just a driver thing (for Windows).

16G is big enough for just the OS.  Not a stupid setup.

But would not buy a 16G mSATA drive.  The sweet spot (price/size)
shifts, but I think that 120G is a pretty good choice these days.  Don't 
get it from Lenovo -- try NCIX, Canada Computers, NewEgg, Memory Express, 
etc.  You may choose to wait for a sale.

Superstition: SSD fails more drastically than HDD.  Even more
incentive to get your backup system right.
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