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Reason Apple make upgrades impossible is so they can charge ridiculous prices for their built in upgrades. the new mac has a 4TB SSD option for £2800. You can
by jonplackett 8y ago
Reason Apple make upgrades impossible is so they can charge ridiculous prices for their built in upgrades.
the new mac has a 4TB SSD option for £2800. You can buy a 4TB top of the range samsung SSD for £800.
£2000 profit is a good motivation for sticking stuff down.
- itsdrewmiller 8y agoSATA SSDs are not top of the line - a 4TB nvme card is more like $3k: https://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-rSSD7101A-4TB-NVMe-Drive/dp/B077SYWL4D/ref=sr_1_17?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1531506985&sr=1-17&keywords=4tb+ssd+nvme https://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-rSSD7101A-4TB-NVMe-Drive/dp... The samsung SSDs have about 15% the read speed Apple is advertising.
- Zephyreks 8y agoCompare the HP EX920 (1TB for $300 on sale) to the SSD in the... 15" MBP 2017, or something. HP EX920: http://www.legitreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hp-ex920-asssd.jpg http://www.legitreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/hp-ex... Apple: https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/Notebooks/Apple/MacBook_Pro_15_2017/asssd.PNG https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/Notebooks/Apple/MacB... Same AS SSD benchmark. Now you can argue that since SSD performance increases with size, maybe that's why. Then prove it.