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Really? I've wound up doing a drive swap on every laptop, and almost every PC or server I've ever owned, sometimes more than once. I might have a higher prope
by bcoates 14y ago
Really? I've wound up doing a drive swap on every laptop, and almost every PC or server I've ever owned, sometimes more than once. I might have a higher propensity to do that than average, but surely drives are just behind batteries for "most replaced component"
- harryh 14y agoYou are the 2%! Congratulations!
- mistercheese 14y agoI would wager that even so, drives are replaced in less than 10% of all laptops bought by consumers. Even batteries would likely be a small portion. Now if we talk about this particular upgrade, how many people would pay $600 bucks for 960 GB of space, I can imagine it's an even smaller fraction. The size benefit is something that everyone appreciates when they buy a MBP retina. There are enough other laptop choices if you want upgrade-ability and repair-ability, and MBP retina doesn't need to compete on that level.
- sliverstorm 14y agoDunno about you, but I just use network storage. Cheaper, more appropriate for things that take a lot of space, and available to every computer on the network.
- rorrr 14y agoWe're discussing SSDs, which has everything to do with high performance, and almost nothing with storage.
- Joeri 14y agoSame here, have done drive replacement in two out of the three macs i've owned because they broke down within three years after purchase.