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[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 19, 2015, at 7:31 PM, René J.V. Bertin wrote:

> On Monday January 19 2015 19:05:40 Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>> 
>>> IMHO the argument is stupid. If you **need** those gigs then buy them. I just bought 1T at $0.0089 / gig !!
>> 
>> Conserving disk space is a valid concern. Many Macs made in the past few years have an internal SSD and do not have internal space for a hard drive.
> 
> Of course it is. But one doesn't buy such a Mac without knowing its limitations (fashion victims aside, but who's going to pity them? ;)) and the compromises that imposes. A compact Mac with a non-upgradable SSD is undoubtedly great for certain "serious" uses, but not so great for other serious work that requires installing a huge selection of ports...

I didn't say non-upgradable. OWC makes upgrades for the internal SSD of many Apple laptops, for example:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC

Yes, I was aware of the compromises when I purchased my MacBook Pro with Retina Display 2.5 years ago. Yes, I paid extra for a larger SSD than the standard one. Yes, it is nevertheless full now.