Optane, sounds like something sold at
Dream Market
not New Egg. [feeble attempt at humor]
Smoke n mirrors, so for another ~$30 more and you can have a real ssd @120Gb for your OS and them some, depending on what you do and what your needs are.
First, I cannot believe they still offer these with spinners only @ the least expensive model and I'm not going to knock it (the XPS), however the Optane in my not so humble opinion is a waste of money and resources. Maybe raid them (the spinners x3) out into a Raid 0 (stripe) x 2 and 1 for data.
Isn't this all about resources, having enough properly configured ones too. I hope it works out for you, no gadget I can think of or know about will replace good hardware that is configured properly for the job needed to be done.
Maybe this Optane goodness:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16820167440
Bit more than $25.00, plenty of sub $50.00 64gb ssd's and 120gb for $50.00-$75.00 range.
As I already stated,
the wheels are turning.....
, like a Hybrid Drive, Jumbo Shrimp, Biggie Smalls and Iggy Pop and Donald Trump, don't you know he invented Optane while on a bus in California grabbing the P-thingy.
I'm ranting, I just researched this to death and wish to thank you for this tidbit of hardware news, never heard of it till your thread.
Live and Learn,
-Great buy for those whose workflow is dependent on compiling and data processing, otherwise jury is still out.