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Intel's Upcoming Ultra-Fast Optane SSD May Come to MacBooks
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I find the storage in my 2015 15in MBP (1Tb) already very fast.
I'd rather see 32Gb RAM and 2TB of storage than going for faster storage.
I travel a lot and take lots and lots of photos. Cloud is not an option. Not when every time I press the shutter I use 60+MB of disk.
Just my use case really.
I'd rather see 32Gb RAM and 2TB of storage than going for faster storage.
I travel a lot and take lots and lots of photos. Cloud is not an option. Not when every time I press the shutter I use 60+MB of disk.
Just my use case really.
Apple is typically first to adopt Intels new stuff, so I can totally see the new MBP's utilizing this and TB3/USB3.1.
We see articles like this and wonder how much it will cost, or how quickly this tech will filter to consumers. Though to offer a bit of context — back in 2008, a 64GB SSD with read/write speeds of about 100MB/s would set you back $1000, easily. It's crazy how quickly technology advances.
Oh, and the mandatory comment; it's crazy that in 2016, a $1000 computer gets you a 5400RPM HDD.
Oh, and the mandatory comment; it's crazy that in 2016, a $1000 computer gets you a 5400RPM HDD.
The proof is the speed of the AHCI SM951 drives in the Macbook Pro vs the NVMe drives in the Macbook... the SM951 is much faster.
Hate to say it; but DDR4 gaming laptops, and workstations with 16-core Xeon chips, would refute that statement.
Trying to kick-start your new technology, but worried it's too expensive? Start by stuffing it in an Apple computer, their customer base is totally fine with paying "premium" prices, after all. /s
So computers are getting closer to what they used to be in the late 70's - instant cold boot - instant use.
I'm hoping these all get announced on the 21st. I am in the market for a new MacBook Pro. My trusty 17" is still working well enough. However, battery is not holding that charge like it used too, and I don't want this thing to start breaking down on me. Had it for 5 years, and if it wasn't for the screen size (love the 17"), I would have upgraded already this month. But, too much good news on new stuff that could be in the next Mac. Hate having to wait!! 
Agreed. I've got a 1 TB of SSD in my 5K iMac and it works great. It wasn't cheap but it is available to anyone willing to pay for it.
You're still going to be bandwidth limited up to the PCI-Express bus. For consumer applications sequential and random access is generally the most important metric but for many Enterprise companies they need the IOPS and low latency (think databases and other transactional stuff)
While this Optane sounds sexy it's not going to be cheap nor will it have the type of impact that consumers are going to expect because of their usage case.
While this Optane sounds sexy it's not going to be cheap nor will it have the type of impact that consumers are going to expect because of their usage case.
Frankly, this new SSD technology was probably never intended for consumer products (not in its original form at least), but the media grabs whatever they can to create "news" and outlets generate hype based on it.
/S means that what went before was sarcastic. He agrees with you.
So basically this is kinda like storing everything in persistent RAM. Whoa. Imagine this on iOS. Boom!
Back in the day when SSDs were first coming to market, Intel was one of the first with their drives that were pretty expensive at the time. So it might be a couple years before these become viable. Apple would probably put something like this in the Mac Pro first because of the higher margins and then the tech can trickle down to other devices over time.
Back in the day when SSDs were first coming to market, Intel was one of the first with their drives that were pretty expensive at the time. So it might be a couple years before these become viable. Apple would probably put something like this in the Mac Pro first because of the higher margins and then the tech can trickle down to other devices over time.
PRICING
According to this website article from 4 months ago, "Intel has promised a suggested pricing comparable to current flash and DRAM products." I estimate that would make a 500 GB 3D Xpoint drive around $400; 1 TB would be $800.
PERFORMANCE
The same article shows an impressive increase in performance...
According to this website article from 4 months ago, "Intel has promised a suggested pricing comparable to current flash and DRAM products." I estimate that would make a 500 GB 3D Xpoint drive around $400; 1 TB would be $800.
PERFORMANCE
The same article shows an impressive increase in performance...
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I'm a LOT more interested in alleged reliability improvements than in speed improvements. We've been more than fast enough for years-we need more CPU and GPU way way way before we need faster storage for most things. But reliability ain't very good and gets worse as we make stuff more dense.
Yea, I never understood those defenses. It's like saying it comes with a 1200 baud modem, but hey, if you want a gigabit Ethernet spend more money. (I know this was in sarcasm via the "/s", I am making a positive comment in support).
I think this person, like many feel that 5400rpm HDD should be bumped up to 7400rpm at bast configurations. Especially with the price of a base Mac. I know for a fact that people will still opt to upgrade to faster SSD equipped Macs.
Like USB3 when Thunderbolt was going to take over the world.