5 ms·

And it's still faster than PCs. :)

by celebril 12y ago

tomf64 12y ago
It has nothing to do with them being Macs vs. PCs, it just depends on who they buy the SSDs from.
wnevets 12y ago
my brain just exploded
Viper007Bond 12y ago
Apple makes some nice hardware but they are not alone in making good stuff. They have some stiff competition. For example my Sony Vaio Pro is significantly faster than any of the numbers mentioned in the article. It gets nearly 1GB/sec in read speeds: http://i.imgur.com/24GdPiz.png http://i.imgur.com/24GdPiz.png The drive is partitioned so ignore the odd size.
- huxley 12y ago
  They won't get much stiff competition from Sony: http://www.cnet.com/news/sony-agrees-to-sell-pc-business-revises-forecast-to-loss/ http://www.cnet.com/news/sony-agrees-to-sell-pc-business-rev...
  - Viper007Bond 12y ago
    Going forward, no, but they did in the past and others will step in to fill those shoes. I hear ASUS makes some good stuff currently.
- SG- 12y ago
  The thing is, you don't need 1GB/sec for an 11-13" laptop.
  - CSDude 12y ago
    Why? I boot VMs and 1 GB/sec makes it happen in 5 seconds
  - edandersen 12y ago
    This comment is so bad it was featured on @shit_hn_says: https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says/status/462524610844442626 https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says/status/462524610844442626
  - sergiosgc 12y ago
    Why would someone in this day and age say something like ”X is enough” when talking about tech? Is that a wish to be featured alongside Bill Gates? (yes, I know Gates' quote is apocryphal)
    - seunosewa 12y ago
      You can do much worse than being featured alongside Bill gates!
Kayou 12y ago
Even though your statement is not necessarily true, I bought a Vaio T11 almost two years ago and I was able to upgrade the SSD (the laptop has the footprint of the 11" MacBook air) and I have a HDD (in addition to the SSD), that I can upgrade very easily, I also had a free SoDIMM slot and was able to double the ram from 4GB to 8GB. That's what I like about PCs. Here with the mac you only have one drive that you cannot change or upgrade and the ram is soldered.

And it's still faster than PCs. :)

tomf64 12y ago

It has nothing to do with them being Macs vs. PCs, it just depends on who they buy the SSDs from.

wnevets 12y ago

my brain just exploded

Viper007Bond 12y ago

Apple makes some nice hardware but they are not alone in making good stuff. They have some stiff competition. For example my Sony Vaio Pro is significantly faster than any of the numbers mentioned in the article. It gets nearly 1GB/sec in read speeds: http://i.imgur.com/24GdPiz.png http://i.imgur.com/24GdPiz.png The drive is partitioned so ignore the odd size.

huxley 12y ago
They won't get much stiff competition from Sony: http://www.cnet.com/news/sony-agrees-to-sell-pc-business-revises-forecast-to-loss/ http://www.cnet.com/news/sony-agrees-to-sell-pc-business-rev...
- Viper007Bond 12y ago
  Going forward, no, but they did in the past and others will step in to fill those shoes. I hear ASUS makes some good stuff currently.
SG- 12y ago
The thing is, you don't need 1GB/sec for an 11-13" laptop.
- CSDude 12y ago
  Why? I boot VMs and 1 GB/sec makes it happen in 5 seconds
- edandersen 12y ago
  This comment is so bad it was featured on @shit_hn_says: https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says/status/462524610844442626 https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says/status/462524610844442626
- sergiosgc 12y ago
  Why would someone in this day and age say something like ”X is enough” when talking about tech? Is that a wish to be featured alongside Bill Gates? (yes, I know Gates' quote is apocryphal)
  - seunosewa 12y ago
    You can do much worse than being featured alongside Bill gates!

Kayou 12y ago

Even though your statement is not necessarily true, I bought a Vaio T11 almost two years ago and I was able to upgrade the SSD (the laptop has the footprint of the 11" MacBook air) and I have a HDD (in addition to the SSD), that I can upgrade very easily, I also had a free SoDIMM slot and was able to double the ram from 4GB to 8GB. That's what I like about PCs. Here with the mac you only have one drive that you cannot change or upgrade and the ram is soldered.