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[Chris Jones]

Hi,

> On 19 Jan 2015, at 8:28 pm, René J.V. Bertin <rjvbertin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Monday January 19 2015 20:20:06 Chris Jones wrote:
> 
>>> If one has a too-small SSD, it seems more-than-a-little strange to complain that building/installing a bunch of software packages consumes it.  Get a bigger drive.  Or smaller expectations.
>> 
>> And how pray does one do that in a Mac Book with non-upgradable Solid state storage...
> 
> Getting smaller expectations is impossible for Mac owners, then? :P

I had obviously ignored that part of the reply as 'not a sensible solution'...

> 
> Seriously, there are reasons to cast a wallet-vote against certain products. Absence of upgradable/replaceable memory (volatile and non-volatile) are among the main reasons (though only just before absence of ethernet).

It might surprise you but I personally agree with Apple's direction here, but we are going OT. It is what it is, and despite what some think minimising disk usage is a reality for a lot of people.

Chris

> 
> R.
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