[Tfug] OT: business-class laptops for sale (cheap!)

[Matt Jacob]

There's one hard drive, and it's a Fujitsu MHZ2160BJ (7200 RPM SATA II).
I haven't opened these up, but I would assume there's only one drive bay
inside. They do have eSATA and FireWire ports, though...

Matt

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014, at 19:06, Linux Media wrote:
> On 11/13/2014 09:11 AM, Matt Jacob wrote:
> > Hey TFUG,
> >
> > I have two HP EliteBook 8530p laptops that I'm not using, and it seems
> > like a shame to leave them sitting around, doing nothing. So, I thought
> > I'd offer them up here for less than what I could sell them for on eBay,
> > because the prospect of eBay fees, PayPal fees, shipping fees, and more
> > PayPal fees doesn't particularly excite me. Here are the configurations:
> >
> > Laptop 1:
> > * Intel Core 2 Duo 2.80 GHz processor
> > * 4 GB memory
> > * 160 GB hard drive
> > * Windows Vista Business preinstalled
> > * 1 power brick
> > * Docking station
> > * HP leather laptop bag
> >
> > Laptop 2:
> > * Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 GHz processor
> > * 4 GB memory
> > * 160 GB hard drive
> > * Windows Vista Business *license*, but no OS installed
> > * 2 power bricks
> > * Docking station
> > * HP leather laptop bag
> >
> > Price is $150 each or $250 for both.
> >
> > Throw an SSD in there and max out the RAM at 8 GB, and you've got a
> > pretty decent little computer for well under $300.
> >
> > Matt
> 
> Hi, This looks interesting, but I'm an Audio production person, so disk 
> I/O speeds are important, since multiple (large) audio files can be 
> reading and writing to the drive at the same time.
> 
> I understand the HD Controller is a SATA II? (if so, I can always set up 
> raid0 on the drives used for audio read/write)
> 
> Could you tell me what the speeds of the included hard drives are?
> 
> Would there be a way to set up 3 separate hard drives on their own 
> controllers? I'm thinking that the system drive would be on the slowest 
> controller and the two drives dedicated to audio read/write would be on 
> the two fastest controllers (set up as raid0). I'm always willing to 
> deal with a slower system if I can get fast I/O rates on the production 
> drives.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rocco
> 
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