Acer laptop, with Optane 16GB + 256GB SSD. Marketing, or worthwhile?

[VirtualLarry]

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...sNotebooks-_-9SIAE4N8AG5877-S1A4A&ignorebbr=1

Is this just a marketing stunt, like putting a Radeon RX 530 (OEM) dGPU chip, into a laptop with Raven Ridge / Vega graphics? Just because the specs look better on the box?

Is that what we have here, or is there actually some sort of tangible benefit, to running a 16GB NVMe Optane, in front of a (presumably SATA) SSD?

Versus, just equipping it with a 256GB NVMe SSD in the first place, and foregoing the Optane angle?

 

[cbn]

I would use 16GB Optane + 256GB SATA SSD over 256GB 3D TLC NVMe SSD.....but I do wish Intel would add the option of "write through" (rather than limiting to "write back") for the caching scheme when using such a combination.

 

[cbn]

Come to think of it.....I would even be interested in 16GB Optane + 256GB eMMC 5.1.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Oh Jeez, Optane plus eMMC? Don't suggest it, they might try that...

 

[cbn]

Oh Jeez, Optane plus eMMC? Don't suggest it, they might try that...

I am actually really surprised they haven't done it yet. (M.2 2242 M10 16GB Optane + 256GB eMMC 5.1 vs. M.2 2280 256GB SATA SSD).