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I bought an X230 Thinkpad a year ago, and I'm quite pleased with it. I wanted an SSD, but I found it was cheaper to select the cheapest hard drive they had and

by loudmax 12y ago

I bought an X230 Thinkpad a year ago, and I'm quite pleased with it. I wanted an SSD, but I found it was cheaper to select the cheapest hard drive they had and then buy an SSD from Newegg than to get the SSD from Lenovo. Replacing the drive was quite easy, not like a tablet or cell phone. It goes without saying, but you should do the same for RAM. A month or so after I bought it, the fan stopped working. Their customer service was quite good. They sent me a box so I could return my laptop, and they fixed the fan and shipped it back at no cost to me.

rwmj 12y ago
The X230 takes an mSATA drive (that's in addition to the regular hard drive). I fitted one in mine. It's somewhat fiddly to install because you have to completely remove the keyboard, but possible with basic tools and a bit of patience. Now I have: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE sda 8:0 0 298.1G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 500M 0 part └─sda2 8:2 0 297.6G 0 part [...] sdb 8:16 0 119.2G 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 0 119.2G 0 part