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Short Version: I need to connect a 2.5" SSD remotely to a laptop motherboard. It will be sitting about 10 inches away. Normal sata cables fit the drive, but won't fit the motherboard, because the motherboard uses 'slimline sata'. What adapter do I need in order to connect it? I don't care if it...

I bought it ($979USD) at best buy. Although it was a PITA to take apart, the i7 fit right in place of the i5, and it booted up, no issues at all. Haven't done any benchmarks, but it will run fedora in virtualbox in Windows 8 much smoother now.

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Post back the results, if there are any. I would like to see how this works out on a desktop gpu :o

You laptop has the quadro 135m graphics, which I'm not too familiar with, but if you were to take it apart, you might find that the card uses the MXM interface, which is sort of like pcie for laptops. Probably mxm 2. If so, there are upgrades available.

My last agp system had an x700 pro. It would run games like GTA San Andreas find, but did not support the latest pixel shader if I remember. It was more than enough for bumming around the internet, watching youtube/netflix, and running Windows 7 aero (even though you said you have XP). Those...

I have found Macrium Reflect has an easy to use interface, and is pretty straight forward. Works with different drive sizes as well.

When I went into Best Buy today, the whole assortment of Windows 8 laptops were on display, and 3 of them were froze, two displaying errors. On the usability side, it really seems like the operating system (and even the industry as a whole) is geared towards "normal people", and less towards...

For OS speed and load times, certainly. My 128GB just keeps filling up way too fast though. :)

Well, if you are still under warranty, make sure it won't void your warranty first. If it will, I would contact the card manufacturer. Assuming your are out of your warranty period, then yes, I would recommend changing the paste to some high quality name brand paste. I have never had to change...

Boot up, resume, and shutting down will have increased speeds. Look on newegg for solid state drives. The prices are now well under $1 per GB. The SSD and HDD setup is common. When you install programs that aren't write speed critical, install them to a specific folder on the hard drive, and...