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Thanks for the info... although I am almost shocked to hear that "SanDisk does not sell a M.2 SSD in retail" . This whole field of SSD drives is confusing to me with its different form factors, various standards and variety of manufacturers. I just purchased a "2.5" sata to M.2 NGFF (B key SATA3) SSD adapter card with 9.5 mm thickness case" from China off an auction site (cheap) that shows M.2 style SSDs adapted to the more common 2.5" HDD interface. Why would I do this? Because I have an older laptop that sorely needs an SSD and I figure I could get a 256 GB M.2 SSD (not SanDisk evidently) and maybe try it in the laptop and also have it as a spare SDD available to replace the SanDisk in the Zenbook if it ever needed it. Tell me I'm smart or... maybe I'm in for another shock (of failure)??

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