Hey guys,

Just curious if someone has done it before and thoughts behind it. I’ve ordered a 16 with GPU and was wondering what’s the best way of setting up the system when it arrives.

My primary OS is Arch Linux and I prefer not to split the disk for windows. And I happen to see some folks might be booting an OS through an expansion card ( I got the 1TB ).

My windows usage is primarily Steam and nothing else. The expansion card seems fast enough to run an OS, but it doesn’t look as fast as an SSD or NVMe, so games like starfield might suffer some performance is my current guess. If my guess is right, does it mean it’s better to have some external SSD to use as storage?

What do you guys think?

  • 67darwinOPBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Thanks folks!

    Seems like it’s impossible to run Windows on expansion card (shows my lack of knowledge of the OS), so it’s either Linux on the expansion card, or just install each OS on the separate SSDs.

    I actually forgot there were 2 SSDs coming with it, so SSD option actually works.