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I was browsing through HMM for T420 and in the part list there is one that is called out 4GB 2.5" SSD. What is the reason for such so small capacity?

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thinkpadcollection wrote:I was browsing through HMM for T420 and in the part list there is one that is called out 4GB 2.5" SSD. What is the reason for such so small capacity?

Cheers thinkpadcollection

That's got to be a typo...

hardware typo? Here's the real deal and here's a link. Yes no kidding and this is from T420 HMM.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NEW-100-original ... 4170fb3ee5

Cheers, thinkpadcollection

Nonetheless, I stand corrected...

I haven't seen an SSD that small since the netbook craze.

I've seen mentions of those as well in the HMM (it may have been for a different model, can't remember) and have always wondered myself. Does seem odd doesn't it?

I had a 2GB card that plugged into the WWAN socket of a T-61 that was a sort of cache accelerator. Since you can plug a SSD in the WWAN socket of the 420 (I'm using an 80 in there now) maybe it was intended as a fast cache instead of a full drive.

Bruce Guttman wrote:I had a 2GB card that plugged into the WWAN socket of a T-61 that was a sort of cache accelerator. Since you can plug a SSD in the WWAN socket of the 420 (I'm using an 80 in there now) maybe it was intended as a fast cache instead of a full drive.

Right, but this is a 2.5" unit...

Bruce Guttman wrote:I had a 2GB card that plugged into the WWAN socket of a T-61 that was a sort of cache accelerator. Since you can plug a SSD in the WWAN socket of the 420 (I'm using an 80 in there now) maybe it was intended as a fast cache instead of a full drive.

Are you sure that wasn't a TurboBoost card?

It migth be for a super small OS, so the computer acts as a remote client.