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Written by mcc on 2024-12-26 at 21:12

Okay. Please help me as I ask COMPUTER BABBY QUESTIONS.

I have a Thinkpad T14 Gen 3 (AMD).

It has a 256 GB HD. That's too small. I want to buy a new, bigger one. I have a sense the good hard drives these days are "M.2".

Lenovo's specs page

https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/thinkpad-t14-gen-3-(14-inch-amd)/len101t0013

doesn't say anything about "M.2". It says the hd is "PCIe".

I run "lshw" to see what's on the computer. It says "NVMe".

How do I find out the bestest fastest aftermarket drive Canada Computers carries that my computer will support

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Written by mcc on 2024-12-26 at 21:14

I only understand computation as the MANIPULATION OF ABSTRACT PLATONIC FORMS. I do not understand this realm where computers are "physical objects" you manipulate with "screwdrivers". I would prefer to use Math to translate my thoughts directly into action, as if I am casting magic spells

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Written by mcc on 2024-12-26 at 21:26

Okay thank you all for explaining. I have one more question: Is there actually, like, a difference between drive vendors. Like if I pick WD vs Samsung vs Lexar (vs… "crucial"?!) will it ever make any difference

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Written by Erik on 2024-12-26 at 21:33

@mcc individual models of drive from all the major brands will sometimes have problems. You probably won’t know for years. You can hedge your bets by buying a mix of brands. Backblaze publishes a report each year. https://www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage/resources/hard-drive-test-data

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Written by cibyr on 2024-12-26 at 21:36

@edebill @mcc hard to install a mix of brands as the primary drive of a single laptop

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Written by Erik on 2024-12-26 at 21:48

@cibyr @mcc ah yes. I thought I saw a thread from a day or two ago about making a NAS and thought this was related. Mea culpa for not checking back up thread.

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Written by mcc on 2024-12-26 at 21:50

@edebill @cibyr Hm, you may have confused me with someone else.

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Written by Erik on 2024-12-26 at 22:02

@mcc @cibyr definitely. My apologies. Sorry for wrongly cluttering up your mentions.

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