Can the mSATA be used as a boot device?

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PlasticTastic

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Hi, I'm wanting to get a laptop with the boot time of an SSD. I'm going for a Vortex III.

I'd prefer a 15" instead of the 17", although it's not entirely necessary, but I also need a CD drive, and the 15" can't have a CD drive and 2 hard drives. I noticed the "80GB INTEL® 310 mSATA MLC SSD - (mini PCIe SSD for extra storage)". Would I be able to install Windows and the start-up programs (Skype, steam etc) on that? And will it have the same performance as an SSD? If not it's no biggie, I'll just order a 17" with a 120GB SSD as the primary drive :p

Thanks.
 
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abakiz

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The mSata is SATA2 and yes it can be used as a boot device. The performance will be similar to an SSD.
Just to make it clear, even the USB ports can be used as a boot device or the CD drive (Linux live CD, etc) infact any storage can be used to boot with.

If I'm wrong somebody correct me!
 
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PlasticTastic

Bronze Level Poster
Awesome, thanks! So I would be able to install Windows 7 straight onto the mSATA and have it boot off there (As well as all the startup programs)?
 
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