Only 128gb ssd?

[PatriotInvasion]

The problem is it's not convenient to carry external drive. How difficult is it to update internal hd?

Well the LaCie Thunderbolt Drive is light, rugged, and bus-powered so easy to toss in a bag if you need it. 1TB of storage on the go.

But, the things I use day to day all fit fine on the built-in 128GB SSD. And since I can't afford nor want to pay the astronomical cost for a 1TB SSD, I'm able to deal with the slight inconvenience of storage management. Think about how often you'll really use the stuff on your machine buried away and how much it's really worth to have it all on one internal drive. If the convenience of accessing your stuff at all times (even if most stuff may get accessed once or twice a year) is worth the money for more storage, than go for it. It wasn't to me so external storage made sense.

 

[PDFierro]

I think this is the main point.

If I sum up all my music, photos (damn, expecially pictures and raw files) and video, I need more than 1TB.

I prefer to save money and buy an high-speed external drive or an airport time capsule in the future.

I see what you mean. But I have all my stuff through iTunes, so I can just download-on-demand. Where as I would not feel comfortable with 128GB.

 

[TooSmooth]

There are a ton of people out there using 128GB Airs...

I am one of them, and I am constantly out of space

 

[Macshroomer]

We all have different needs, I don't use computers at all for play, strictly for work so 128GB is hilariously low for what I need. Right now my 2009 13" has two SSD's in it, a 160 for boot and apps and a 240 for storage and scratch space.

256 would be the very lowest I would use, so I compromised and got the 512. Some of my files are huge still images at 600MB-2GB a piece. Space is another issue, I really do not like schlepping gadgets around. If I want lots of gadgets, I can go home and use my high end Mac Pro that has nearly 28TB of storage in all.

On another note, I should not need so much computing power in a year or two as I phase digital almost completely out of my work.

 

[MacModMachine]

I wouldnt think like that with a high end machine like mbp.
RAM is infinitely faster than ssd and if you dont notice in daily use, then you dont need a mbp.
U might as well use an ipad then...
People will regret the low ram soon.

ram is much faster than SSD , if you think that one would notice the difference between ram and SSD , you have no idea how computers operate.

were talking write times in less then tenths of a second in comparison.

 

[truelies]

This time apple algive you free ilight, iwork. Those will be 5gb

 

[Meister]

ram is much faster than SSD , if you think that one would notice the difference between ram and SSD , you have no idea how computers operate.

were talking write times in less then tenths of a second in comparison.

For common computer usage (internet, iwork, entertainement) there is absolutely no difference. Its not noticable.
But then for common usage an ipad suffices.
When you deal with large files and hardcore multitasking at least I can tell the differnce when there is more ram.

 

[g4cube]

from the iFixit teardown photos, looks like the Macbook Pro SSD modules are standard and easily replaced.

A quick search of this new form factor shows that Samsung has modules that look like they will fit. The formfactor for these M.2 PCIe SSD modules are available in 256 and 512 GB sizes.

http://www.ramcity.com.au/buy/samsung-xp941-512gb-m.2-pcie-ssd/MZHPU512HCGL-00000