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I wouldn't want to kick out for another 256Gb SSD when I already have one.

All current Macs[1] currently use PCIe SSD drives, which are not interchangeable with SATA SSD drives. They are, however, around 10x faster than SATA SSD drives, which is something people never seem to mention when comparing 'specs'.

[1] with the exception of the 13-inch non-Retina MBP, which is presumably being phased out.



It doesn't make any difference for me. Getting crap into RAM the first time is all I care about rather than sustained transfer.


10x faster is 10x faster, regardless of the size of the data you're moving.

There's a reason that Macbook Air reviews report that it's shocking fast and snappy for such a (relatively) underpowered machine.




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