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by houst0n_ 3360 days ago
Your laptop has 4 disks?
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Yes. A pair of RAID 1 volumes. I dislike losing data to failures I also have good backups.

2x 256gb (512gb, I can't remember; code is tiny and I use less than 100gb) M2 SSDs.

2x 2TB 5400rpm HGST disks that spend most their off. But I have these almost full of video.

That's a beast, doesn't it weigh a ton and don't you worry about having spinners knocking around in your bag?

Do you need that much in a luggable? I would have that setup on a desktop, having that in my portable machine would remove most of the advantages of it (for me at least)?

I work out of 3 offices (home and 2 jobs). I have desktops at two of the offices that run servers that matter for local office stuff. I move this laptop around when I plan on being at a given office for a work day. This thing builds faster than any desktop I have (currently).

I have never tried to bring it on a plane, I suspect they would charge me for an extra ticket because the laptop is too heavy. Seriously, I would bring one of my smaller machines if I planned on being mobile multiple times through the day. I have clevo ultrabook, access to a macbook air through one of my jobs and a small collection of netbooks, if I don't need much I might just stick with my phone (or a tablet) and a bluetooth keyboard.