Please help me, picking out a laptop

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angelamarie10

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Lenovo thinkPad W540
Hard DriveHelp me decide
RAID HDD, 500GB, 5400rpm,
RAID HDD, 500GB, 7200rpm,
1TB RAID Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm,
128GB Solid State Drive, 2.5'', SATA3, Dual RAID SSDs
512GB Solid State Drive, 2.5'', SATA3, Dual RAID SSDs
 
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RAID on a laptop would be a serious battery destroyer since you'll be running two mechanical hard drives as a complete array, I'd advise against that, and running SSDs in RAID will save battery but the cost per GB is astronomical compared to SSD / regular HD or a hybrid drive.

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RAID on a laptop would be a serious battery destroyer since you'll be running two mechanical hard drives as a complete array, I'd advise against that, and running SSDs in RAID will save battery but the cost per GB is astronomical compared to SSD / regular HD or a hybrid drive.
 
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angelamarie10

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"Storage Subsystem Help me decide:
Internal RAID - Not Enabled to Not RAID Capabl"... It was this choice that started this whole confusion to begin with. Then the next choice I had, I posted above. Could you please save me some serious $$$ and tell me what this means?? Please, your help is greatly appreciated.
 
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