Looking for Ultraportable Laptop with mSata SSD Drive

[kirashi]

And so begins the great laptop replacement search of Fall 2015.

My current Samsung NP900X4D laptop had a wee accident and I'm in need of a replacement.

The thing is, I absolutely love this laptop. It's like the 15" MacBook Air Apple never made.

 

Of course I just recently upgraded the 128GB mSata SSD to 500GB, and yes, I do need the on board storage.

Despite the accident, the SSD is just fine, so I'd like to find a machine that still uses an mSata Drive so I can re-use my upgrade drive.

In fact, only the keyboard is having problems, so I could replace that but... replacing the keyboard on these models is a royal pain in the ass.

Literally have to go through over 20 of the tiniest screws ever, without losing a single one, and hope that it is in fact the keyboard that's causing this.

 

What I NEED: Laptop that still uses an mSata SSD drive. (NOT M.2 or PCIe)

What I WANT: The exact same Samsung Series 9 from 2012/2013.

 

So far I've shortlisted Dell's XPS 13 (2015 Edition) and Lenovo's Yoga Pro 3 or X1 Carbon. (Sadly, none of these use mSata anymore )

Unfortunately, Samsung doesn't make anything close to their old Series 9 anymore.

 

Has anyone seen anything that's even similar to Samsung's Series 9 with an mSata SSD?

[kirashi]

I'll bump this once, and bump it twice.

Upon no replies I shall not bump thrice.

[kirashi]

So far no fuss, so I must bump thus.

Thur shall not be a bump counted three.

[exercutor5]

Bruh, it is just too difficult to find new laptops with mSATA now, ever since M.2 replaced it because manufacturers now can include PCIe tech in M.2, giving users much more speed with PCIe SSDs.

[exercutor5]

http://www.eurocom.com/ec/configure(1,249,0)ec

 

You can get this if you don't mind the slightly thicker body of the laptop.

[kirashi]

Bruh, it is just too difficult to find new laptops with mSATA now, ever since M.2 replaced it because manufacturers now can include PCIe tech in M.2, giving users much more speed with PCIe SSDs.

http://www.eurocom.com/ec/configure(1,249,0)ec

 

You can get this if you don't mind the slightly thicker body of the laptop.

 

This is what I feared. Although I understand the speed increase of PCI-e SSDs, I don't see the point as we've reached the limit for real world performance benefits in terms of read/write speeds until application developers code their applications to take advantage of newer hardware. Most of it is done by the OS, yes, but it's at a breaking point.

 

Oh well, I'll just have to suck it up and hope they repair my laptop. In the meantime, I'll be looking at the EUROCOM Electra 2R2 as an option, alongside whatever Dell XPS 13/15 is available at the time.