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256GB SSD Upgrades for New MacBook Air Announced

wizard said:
I have to admit though these new AIRs are tempting, even with the shortage of storage. If they had cellular built in they could be a better buy than an iPad for travelers. I have to wonder why Apple missed on the inclusion of cell networking, it would be perfect for AIR.
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No, I think they did the right thing by not including cellular. Seriously, I wasn't ready to pay for something I already have with my iPhone. And what about all the permutations it would have added, what with the different standards out there.

Best leave the cellular access to the USB devices sold (actually given away on contract) by the cellular companies. Me, I'll just tether to my iPhone using bluetooth or USB.

Seeing how the priviledge costs 130$ on the iPad, that's 130$ I just saved by not having it built-in to the MBA.
 
Nice. It's good to see that 3rd party solutions are appearing already. I wonder how much this will cost? Of course, it means voiding the warranty (and figuring out how to get the 5-point torx screws out and back in).
 
This is terrific news. All I was waiting for to go ahead and pick up an 11.6". It's unfortunate that it appears that RAM will never be upgradable. 4gb will just have to do.

Looking forward to a SATA adapter in addition to the nice EXTRA usb adapter. Would be great to be able to take the factory 64GB stick and put it in my old late 2007 iMac as SSD boot/apps drive. That combined with the mini-pci -> SATA mod I'm planning to do would breathe some new life into the old machine.
 
Great news. another reason for me to go with 11' 4G ram and 64G MBA...

The only 2 things i am worrying:

1. will it be much more expensive than the $200 upgrade? I hope not too much
2. since the speed of the new drive on the paper is faster, with my limited knowledge about computer, i just wonder if it impacts the battery life...
 
This is neat, but I probably wouldn't count on that 250 MB/s until we see some real benchmarks.
 
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After reading a bunch of comments where people have no clue, I skipped to the end.

So sorry if this was mentioned, would this modification void the standard 1 year or the extended AppleCare warranty?

I would think so.
 
KPOM said:
Nice. It's good to see that 3rd party solutions are appearing already. I wonder how much this will cost? Of course, it means voiding the warranty (and figuring out how to get the 5-point torx screws out and back in).
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IMHO they're just a court case away from losing the sealed case argument, but if you're concerned, buy the new drive and take it to an :apple: authorized repair shop (not :apple: store) and pay them to install it. This was the solution for folks who wanted HD upgrade on Macbook Pro who also wanted to maintain warranty.
 
KnightWRX said:
No, I think they did the right thing by not including cellular. Seriously, I wasn't ready to pay for something I already have with my iPhone. And what about all the permutations it would have added, what with the different standards out there.

Best leave the cellular access to the USB devices sold (actually given away on contract) by the cellular companies. Me, I'll just tether to my iPhone using bluetooth or USB.

Seeing how the priviledge costs 130$ on the iPad, that's 130$ I just saved by not having it built-in to the MBA.
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+1
 
newagemac said:
Reread? I'm sorry to inform you but I would say half of your visitors don't even read the articles at all. They just read the headline only, look at the pictures, and then spout off uninformed nonsense.
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I've noticed that to be a trend on this forum.
 
roratus said:
So why would Apple not include this as at least an option in the factory build? Cost?
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upsell

same reason Honda has different trim levels for their cars with lots of options and leather is only in the EX-L package
 
I'm gonna guess somewhere in the $400-$500 range for this getup. Nice idea. Almost makes the 11' Air tempting now....sort of.
 
OllyW said:
It uses an industry standard Mini PCI Express connector, what could Apple do to stop it?
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I should have phrased it differently, but they will ensure Apple ppls wont easily be able to upgrade and ensure the warranty is void..
 
KnightWRX said:
Wait, what kind of connectivity is required to write code outside the Apple closed environnement ? Things like Ruby on Rails/J2EE/J2SE/Posix C/ANSI C, what the heck do those require as far as connectivity goes that Obj-C and Cocoa don't ? :rolleyes:
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The reduction of interfaces to USB2.0. Music still requires a low latency interface - USB2.0 isn't it. Firewire provided a good basis for MIDI and audio interfaces.

What you've described is inside the closed ecosphere.

KnightWRX said:
... the MBA is perfect for a lot more than that. I'll be using to VPN into work where I don't do office stuff. I'll use it code for both Apple stuff and non-Apple stuff. I'll use it to consome media, but also to make graphics using Photoshop and Illustrator.
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Easy Tiger (or is that Lion :D).

VPN doesn't match something like a large compilation. A friend uses an iPad on occasion to VPN for support work.


KnightWRX said:
The MBA is as powerful as my 2 year old MB for CPU/RAM. However, it has better graphics, higher resolution screen and is lighter and smaller.

It's funny how everytime the subject comes up of what is it that the MBA can't do, everyone jumps on HD movie editing. As if this was some kind of prime activity that 90% of the population does. I don't think I've ever edited an SD movie, much less an HD one.
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Possibly the reason is that Apple, themselves, market the ability to use and manipulate HD video. All people are doing is making a realistic observation about the resulting performance.

KnightWRX said:
As far as storage goes, I would never store important files on a laptop I drag around. Too many risks of losing/damaging the data. This doesn't mean that my laptop needs some kind of "cloud" connectivity, my home storage is both redundant and highly available. I would never trust my data to the cloud and to my ISP.
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Obviously most important data is replicated. That's natural for any normal business. Actually most cloud providers are probably both (a) more secure and (b) more resilient. It all comes down to the privacy of personal data that does not become the property of the company. That needs governance to protect the individual by government law.
 
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