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Intel only sells their awesome SSDs retail, as demand far outstrips their inconsistent supply. When they get their production up and start offering them to OEMs
by blasdel 17y ago
Intel only sells their awesome SSDs retail, as demand far outstrips their inconsistent supply. When they get their production up and start offering them to OEMs, expect Apple to start using them.
I don't see Apple using any of the mediocre inconsistently-performing Taiwanese SSDs.
- Andys 17y agoIIRC, Apple's very first SSD offerings were based on Intel SSDs. The move to Samsung came when Apple decided to go leadfree/halogenfree/eco-friendly and the Intel chips didnt have the correct qualifications.
- blasdel 17y agoI don't think so, I'm pretty sure the first Macbook Air was released before Intel's public efforts, the performance was pretty mediocre (not better across the board than a 2.5" laptop HD, only the terrible 1.8" iPod HD that would fit), and Apple has had multi-billion-dollar contracts with Samsung for flash memory since the iPod nano.