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Old January 11th 19, 03:30 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Bill in Co[_3_]
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Default Win XP to Win 10?

Paul wrote:
Bill in Co wrote:

A couple of questions. Why did you convert your Win 7 laptop to Win 10?
Did you actually need the updated capabilities or software (of Win 10)?

So it looks like your SSD is easily replaceable, and I wonder if that is
true for ANY of the new laptops out there, or if they are typically just
soldered in? Hmmm. Reading between the lines here, I'm assuming the
only time they are soldered in then is for the thin svelte laptops, and
that the thicker laptops actually have a drive bay for a 2.5 SSD (or
HDD). Does that sound about right?


The conversion isn't permanent. I have a Win7 drive and a
Win10 drive. The Win10 drive is sitting in it currently.


So I presume you did that just to see what Win 10 was like then, not that
you really needed it for anything. I wonder which one will get more use.
:-)

BTW, I have heard there are at least some fixes out there (programs) that
can block some, if not all, of the forced MS updates in Windows 10. Are you
familiar with such?

The drive bay concept "fits my lifestyle". You won't catch
me using a device with eMMC on it, as how would I swap stuff
and have fun ???

*******

You can get sockets for BGA chips, but sometimes those
solutions (used for lab prototypes) are taller than
an SSD would be, so nobody would do that.

If they wanted to, the industry could have come up with
a better solution. Soldering them down is just planned
obsolescence.

Paul


So let me get this straight: Any laptop out there (thin or not) that has an
SSD drive means the drive is not serviceable, and is simply soldered in?
If so, I feel that is really bad news. I think that might prevent me from
buying one with an SSD, despite the fast boot. Kinda a high stakes gamble,
that option is.


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