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Do most of these Chromebooks have the SSD soldered onto the SoC? Or, are they replaceable? My use case would be similar to this, but also to serve as a lightw
by alistairSH 6y ago
Do most of these Chromebooks have the SSD soldered onto the SoC? Or, are they replaceable?
My use case would be similar to this, but also to serve as a lightweight local backup server (never accessed, unless laptop and iCloud backups fail). One 500gb SSD would be sufficient for my use.
- tyingq 6y agoYes, you're right, most of them do. Most of the Chromebox's don't though. They typically allow memory and disk upgrades, and they are quite cheap on the used market. The ASUS CN60 is popular. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-Chromebox-CN60-Intel-Celeron-2955U-1-40GHz-2GB-RAM-16GB-SSD-Chrome-OS/133525586108?hash=item1f16bec0bc:g:ZVMAAOSwIAxfaLcR https://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-Chromebox-CN60-Intel-Celeron-2... ($30, buy it now)
- NortySpock 6y agoYou could put the SSD in an external USB enclosure, I've had luck with that strategy for "spinning rust" external drives.