Notebook with 2 slots for HDD

[jodhas]

I'm looking for a notebook computer that can take 2 HDDs

*13" - 14" range
*core i3 -i5
*optical drive not needed
*thinner the better. I travel a lot.
*budget: up to $1500
*discrete(nvidia, amd) video cards preferred

looking forward to some nice feedback.

 

[vbuggy]

The HP Elitebook 8440p is one example of a 14" machine with a swappable optical bay - you can put a secondary HDD in.

 

[heymrdj]

Many of the HP business, Dell business, and Lenovo lineups can take their CD bay and use it for a second hard drive using a proprietary adapter (plan to drop about 70$ for the adapter). Otherwise no go for a natural dual HD laptop. HD's take the entire thickness of a laptop to pack in and thus 2 laid end to end take up a great deal of real estate. Only 17"+ laptops can have multiple HD bays, though I believe there used to be a few 15's that could, but if I remember correctly, they all had heat issues when they worked hard, just not enough cooling with all that in there.

My choice would be the HP EliteBook 8440P. It has a Core I5-520M, 1600x900 HD+ anti-glare 14" screen, 2GB RAM, NVidia NVS 320M workstation discrete graphics, and using the HP Upgrade Bay (removes CD drive) as a 299$ upgrade, it can come with a 500GB 7200RPM HD in the upgrade bay (250GB 7200RPM HD already comes internally). Total with that 500GB drive is 1,498$ before ship/tax.

EDIT: I knoticed vbuggy already mentioned the 8440P

 

[jodhas]

thank you all for your recommendations.

I think I will get the HP 8440 Thanks.

 

[ther00kie16]

Yea, modular bays the only way. I've got a 17" Sony with 2 hd bays. The updated line is a 16", which I believe also has room for 2. I believe some large custom 15" enthusiast notebooks have enough room for multiple hds or gpus.

 

[Emulex]

envy?

 

[Gildor]

I would suggest looking at the Acer TimelineX 4820TG.

Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ef=oss_product

14" screen, i5 460M, 4GB RAM, 1" thick, just under 5 lbs, AMD 5650 graphics.

$800 at Amazon.

The drawback is that it comes with an optical drive. However, while not modular, it is pretty easily user replaced with another HDD.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

I know some previous lines of HP consumer notebooks had dual hard drive options.