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Not sure if it matters but I have Libreboot installed. It's the slot located next to the drive slot.

Also any other upgrade recommendations while I'm at it? I have maxed out the RAM and have an SSD. I am wondering if I should upgrade the WiFi card. I don't know if there are any limitations there.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How about a Turbo Memory card? The support on Windows seems terrible, but under Linux, it would show up as superfast 1GB or 2GB flash drive.

I haven't tried it myself, but I am (loosely) planing to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

how fast is a turbo memory card? Is it daster than modern ssds in a mpcie adaptor?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Not sure about the exact speed, but it's a NAND on a PCIE x1

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was looking at that myself. Some ThinkPad forum posts seem to suggest it only helps if you don't have an SSD.

If it actually functions as a secondary drive that's incredibly fast that would be a neat novelty.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I've seen something similar. What I gotten from that is the fact above only applies when you're using it as an accelerator (as intended).

Yes, it would function as a drive, at least under Linux.

Once again, I haven't actually used this thing..