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SATA 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=ele

SATA 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 ago
Compare 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.