On 7 March 2014 17:53, Trent W. Buck <[email protected]> wrote: > Toby Corkindale <[email protected]> writes: > >> Still stinging from losing a few hundred dollars on the dud ultrabook, >> I bought a $199 new C720 chromebook -- but one of the Haswell-based >> ones, not ARM. >> After entering into developer mode on the chromebook, one can enable a >> legacy BIOS boot mode, at which point it's trivial to install a >> regular Linux distro via bootable USB stick. > > I had a look at these, and all the datasheets and reviews say SSD, > but I don't believe them -- an eMMC would be more likely, > and would still be marketed as "solid state". > > Can you confirm the onboard storage really is an SSD? > Is it soldered to the mainboard?
I haven't actually opened the case to check, but here's a blog post from someone else who has: http://www.androidcentral.com/how-upgrade-ssd-your-acer-c720-chromebook Sounds like it's quite do-able. The RAM, however, is soldered on, I gather. _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
