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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Curtis and list. Most of the hp 650 laptops actually have ssd’s that are of type M2 rather than the standard 2.5 inch Sata drives, and the 2.5 inch bay in the laptop is empty by default, or at least that is how the ProBook 650’s are that I’ve worked on, too bad they are a royal pain in the ass to open to do memory upgrades and the like when compared to earlier business class probooks like the hp 6560 and 6570 models.</p><p class=MsoNormal>The 650 g1 is actually similar to the 6560 or 6570 in that it is very easy to open up and work on whereas the g4 and g5 versions of the 650 are very tedious to open up to upgrade memory or hd.</p><p class=MsoNormal>There are 12-16 rubber covers you have to remove which cover all the screws and after you remove these rubber annoyances every screw has to come out.</p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope this note helps someone considering upgrading one of these hp’s.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Good luck.</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:nfbcs@nfbnet.org">Curtis Chong via NFBCS</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, February 19, 2020 11:58 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:nfbcs@nfbnet.org">NFB in Computer Science Mailing List</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:chong.curtis@gmail.com">Curtis Chong</a>; <a href="mailto:carcione@access.net">Tracy Carcione</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [NFBCS] Windows 7 vs Windows 10</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tracy:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I purchased an HP ProBook 650 with an SSD flash drive. The drive has no</p><p class=MsoNormal>moving parts. I boot up in two minutes with Windows 10. I think something</p><p class=MsoNormal>else is going on with your system that needs looking in to.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sorry.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cordially,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Curtis Chong</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-----Original Message-----</p><p class=MsoNormal>From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NFBCS</p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 8:24 AM</p><p class=MsoNormal>To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs@nfbnet.org></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cc: Tracy Carcione <carcione@access.net></p><p class=MsoNormal>Subject: [NFBCS] Windows 7 vs Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Curtis recommends buying a new Windows 10 laptop, and says it will be faster</p><p class=MsoNormal>than an old Windows 7 machine.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This has not been my experience at all. I bought a Dell laptop a few months</p><p class=MsoNormal>ago, running Win10, and it is ridiculously slow, much slower than my old</p><p class=MsoNormal>Windows7 desktop. I even took it to the Microsoft store to see if it was</p><p class=MsoNormal>set up wrong, but it wasn't. The store that sold me the laptop said it has</p><p class=MsoNormal>good memory and would be reasonably quick, but it's totally not. I don't</p><p class=MsoNormal>know if it's because of Windows 10, or some other problem, but it's a bitter</p><p class=MsoNormal>disappointment to me. Now my husband needs a new computer, too, but I'm</p><p class=MsoNormal>afraid he'll be as irritated and disappointed as I am.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just saying.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tracy</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>NFBCS mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>NFBCS@nfbnet.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBCS:</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/chong.curtis%40gmail.com</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>NFBCS mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>NFBCS@nfbnet.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBCS:</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/edbarnes7%40gmail.com</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>