Hi, My air has very little space so I am thinking about upgrading the SSD with a higher GB one from newegg.com. What I was wondering was that does the MBA only take a certain type of SSD or can it take any? Also does it only take SSD? Thanks.
I have found these at newegg.com
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...1689&isNodeId=1&Description=oem+drive&x=0&y=0
Will these work?
No, the Air takes a very specific 'blade style' SSD
Would anyone be able to provide a link to some of these? Thanks.
I'd go with Macsales personally, you can buy brand new drives from them which include a) all of the tools you need and b) a drive caddy that you can use to turn your old SSD into an external USB3 drive for extra space. They are also a bit faster and similarly priced to what people are paying for OEM drives on eBay.
I've purchased from Macsales before and will probably be buying one of the aura SSD upgrades for my new air as well.
Would anyone be able to provide a link to some of these? Thanks.
I would personally stay away from Macsales/OWC for the time being personally. With the issue of DOA drives and the fitment issue, I would wait some time for them to straighten things out. Not very encouraged by what other members are experiencing.
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Sure thing.
Looks like they are currently out of stock. Call or email them for when they might be getting more stock in: http://www.yourmacstore.com/samsung-512gb-ssd-for-macbook-air-2012/
eBay:just search for MBA SSD/blade SSD/Samsung blade SSD/Toshiba blade SSD or some mixture of those search terms. You will find a mix of used and new SSDs.
I didn't hear about the DOA drives -- interested to read more, if you have a link it would be much appreciated.
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The only option for the OP to upgrade is SSD is ebay or OWC as noted. If he feels that he doesn't want to take a chance on OWC then his available options to upgrade his SSD shrunk considerably.
Yourmacstore also carries them. Just need to figure out when they get more in stock. I'm sure there are other places that carry the Apple SSDs. Just need to find them.
Those places are just reselling the OEM drives. You can find them on eBay as well.
eBay: just search for MBA SSD/blade SSD/Samsung blade SSD/Toshiba blade SSD or some mixture of those search terms. You will find a mix of used and new SSDs.