Toby Corkindale wrote:
On 7 March 2014 17:53, Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
Toby Corkindale <toby@dryft.net> 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.
Cheers. Did you find the 4GB unit anywhere? Wikipedia's chromebook page says they exist, but Australian retailers don't mention them.