New Toy

Back in 2013, I decided that my next computer would be an Intel NUC, a very small form factor PC. While slower than the "tower" I had, and requiring a lot of external connections to be able to function as I needed a system to function, it worked very well and removed the major issues I faced in a regular tower system - noise and the ever present dust.

One part of the system that had always annoyed me was that the only Hard Drive the system could handle was a mSATA SSD, which carried a price premium over regular SSDs. Due to my own financial limitations at the time of purchase I opted for a rather small 120GB mSATA SSD, while teaming up with a regular 2TB Hard Drive running though a USB 3.0 docking station. As a result of some issue with Windows I have never been able to figure out, the Hard Drive would power down after 5 minutes causing a considerable time delay when needing to access files. The small nature of the mSATA meant that it was not a viable option for storing most thing for fast access when needed.

Today (actually a few days ago), that changed as I treated myself to a new toy, a 500GB mSATA SSD purchased from Amazon that arrived after only 4.5 days in transit. I also took the time to install Windows 10 Technical Preview as my primary operating system in order to see how it looks and feels and so far all is good.