However, the power consumption is quite high. This has been described in various tests. The SSD is therefore only suitable conditionally for notebooks, which depend on each watt (for comparison, a Surface Pro 2 required in idle 4W narrowly. An SSD that would now bring itself again with 700mW consumption by almost 20% . This increase, of course, also reduces the battery life accordingly).
Samsung SSDs are significantly better in this regard, because the economical and should be preferred in m500 notebook.
Anyone who uses the SSD externally or in desktop, need 'about it, of course, not have to worry.