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Looked to me like the SSD is cooked right on to the motherboard.
by lukifer 16y ago
Looked to me like the SSD is cooked right on to the motherboard.
- thaumaturgy 16y agoNot even an SSD, it's flash-meets-RAM.
- wmf 16y agoNo, it's an SSD without a case.
- thaumaturgy 16y agoI didn't spot anything that looked like a drive controller on-board. Form factor is much closer to RAM, too ... not that it matters much, it's just an interesting design decision.
- wmf 16y agoIn the leaked photo you can see the Toshiba SSD controller right next to the flash chips.
- thaumaturgy 16y agoGot a link handy? Didn't know there was a leaked photo.
- WesleyJohnson 16y agoHe mentioned it was "up to 2x faster". I thought SSDs were significantly faster than HDDs?
- wmf 16y agoKeep in mind that Apple uses the slowest SSDs available; they're so slow that stores like NewEgg don't carry them. The performance difference also depends on the workload; 2x is reasonable for sequential access.
- tvon 16y agoYeah, I mentioned RAM only because it looked like a "stick", and hopefully attached like RAM (meaning removable and not with some kind of proprietary connection).