Alright guys..

First thing I did when I got home with the GE-40 was to open her up.

Now for the first time (I think), many of you will get to see the insides of the 009US variant.



As you can see, the SATA HDD is in where the ODD should be in a caddy. It's a Hitachi 7200rpm 750GB.

As for the mSATA, it's using a SATA to mSATA caddy with space for two.
I know. That is why I did not hesitate to purchase it at all. The price was very reasonable and it was delivered very quickly too as well. Just make sure you buy it before the weekend.

Yeah, couldn't find this anywhere else, let alone Malaysia. M'sia only sells the 750GB HDD model with ODD. You want the mSATA SSD adapter, you need to go back to them to upgrade which apparently takes 1-2 weeks according to someone here, and it costs money too.

All in all I paid RM 4250, delivered in 5 business days from dispatch. No issues with customs or anything. Considering it comes with a 128GB SSD, not bad la.