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If this means that I can stop carrying my 4.5lb laptop to/from work every day, I'm sold. Assuming it has equivalent performance. But somehow I think that the c

If this means that I can stop carrying my 4.5lb laptop to/from work every day, I'm sold. Assuming it has equivalent performance. But somehow I think that the cost of this card plus a home/work dock will be more than the price of 2 laptops.

new299 10y ago
I've started using cheap X220/X230s as my everyday laptops. I leave the HD dock off and just pull the harddrive out to move between laptops. This actually works really really well for me (on Linux).
- pmontra 10y ago
  Interesting approach. Do you hibernate the system before pulling out the drive or just shutdown and reboot? I wonder if the HD (or SSD?) connectors are designed for thousands of pull/push cycles. How long you've been doing that? I read the review at http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/lenovo-thinkpad-x220-review/ http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/lenovo-thinkpad... and it seems there is a screw in the way to the HD. How fast is it to remove the HD?
  - witty_username 10y ago
    At least on the laptop I had, the connectors are gold coated pins, so it should be fine.
  - new299 10y ago
    I usually shutdown. Sometimes, I don't even do that. For example if I'm going into a meeting and down need the laptop. I just close the lid and pull the drive (don't really care about the laptop getting stolen, but I do care about my data). I've been doing it for years with no issues. I just leave the screw out.
lacampbell 10y ago
Can I ask what age group you are? I'm really confused that someone would consider carrying 4.5lbs (2kg) an issue, but I am still a long way off from middle age so that may have something to do with it.
- rconti 10y ago
  I wouldn't call it an issue, but it was so freeing when I got the company VPN client to work on my home machine, and could just leave my laptop at work. When I leave it there, no more backpack, dongles, other junk. I still carry it most days, though. And I don't think I'd be a whole lot happier to carry this thing. I can't really put it in a pocket; not if I intend on sitting down.
- Johnny555 10y ago
  If it's all I needed to carry, it wouldn't be bad, but add it to the weight of rain gear, bike lights, and gym clothes (including shoes) in my bike bag and it's significant.

new299 10y ago

I've started using cheap X220/X230s as my everyday laptops. I leave the HD dock off and just pull the harddrive out to move between laptops. This actually works really really well for me (on Linux).

pmontra 10y ago
Interesting approach. Do you hibernate the system before pulling out the drive or just shutdown and reboot? I wonder if the HD (or SSD?) connectors are designed for thousands of pull/push cycles. How long you've been doing that? I read the review at http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/lenovo-thinkpad-x220-review/ http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/lenovo-thinkpad... and it seems there is a screw in the way to the HD. How fast is it to remove the HD?
- witty_username 10y ago
  At least on the laptop I had, the connectors are gold coated pins, so it should be fine.
- new299 10y ago
  I usually shutdown. Sometimes, I don't even do that. For example if I'm going into a meeting and down need the laptop. I just close the lid and pull the drive (don't really care about the laptop getting stolen, but I do care about my data). I've been doing it for years with no issues. I just leave the screw out.

lacampbell 10y ago

Can I ask what age group you are? I'm really confused that someone would consider carrying 4.5lbs (2kg) an issue, but I am still a long way off from middle age so that may have something to do with it.

rconti 10y ago
I wouldn't call it an issue, but it was so freeing when I got the company VPN client to work on my home machine, and could just leave my laptop at work. When I leave it there, no more backpack, dongles, other junk. I still carry it most days, though. And I don't think I'd be a whole lot happier to carry this thing. I can't really put it in a pocket; not if I intend on sitting down.
Johnny555 10y ago
If it's all I needed to carry, it wouldn't be bad, but add it to the weight of rain gear, bike lights, and gym clothes (including shoes) in my bike bag and it's significant.