Poll: What Size SSD Did You Choose For Your MacBook Pro?

[PROFESS0R]

Hi Gang,

I am curious about the distribution of SSD sizes chosen by this community. If you have the time, please respond to this poll. I realize that the 8Tb and 16Tb SSDs do not exist on MacBook Pros yet, but I am “future proofing” this poll.

I made this poll unlimited selections, so if you have multiple MacBook Pros, feel free to make multiple selections. Note that you will need to vote to see the selections.

Joe

 

[RobbieTT]

It is a rare day that I go near 256GB and even if I do it is probably down to me being lazy. I have two 2018 MBPs both with 512GB 'just in case', plus it helps a bit with resale.

Laptops are a poor place to store data, so beyond the OS and Apps I only need a working area. Network and internet storage does the heavy lifting when it comes to storage and backup.

 

[Plutonius]

1 TB so I can have a decent sized boot camp partition.

 

[Howard2k]

Laptops are a poor place to store data, so beyond the OS and Apps I only need a working area. Network and internet storage does the heavy lifting when it comes to storage and backup.

Seconded. I use 256GB and NAS.

 

[Ploki]

Haven't received it yet, but I ordered a 512GB.

Reasoning: I can get 1TB nVME/TB3 external which has the same 2,5gb/s speed and can run bootcamp (thunderbolt3 disks are able to run bootcamp as opposed to usb disks!), so no difference, except i save 200€ and can upgrade to a larger 2tb external when prices go down instead of paying apple more than 1000€ for it.

My first 15" which i returned had 2TB. (i returned it for other reasons; it was faulty)

 

[Thysanoptera]

Reasoning: I can get 1TB nVME/TB3 external which has the same 2,5gb/s speed

How big is this? Powered from usb-c port or needs external? I'm on the opposite end, have 2TB inside and I'm already short. I have SATA based 3.1 enclosure with another 2.5 inch 2TB disk but this maxes out at 450MB/s, not that it makes that much of a difference.

 

[puma1552]

I bought a 256 because it was all that was available new for 2015 models, and honestly it's more than enough - I have 162 GB free and that's only going to drop incrementally with a few songs being purchased here and there or a few photos being offloaded from my phone here and there so it's totally more than enough...that said I would've sprung for 512 if it were available, just because.

 

[Ploki]

How big is this? Powered from usb-c port or needs external? I'm on the opposite end, have 2TB inside and I'm already short. I have SATA based 3.1 enclosure with another 2.5 inch 2TB disk but this maxes out at 450MB/s, not that it makes that much of a difference.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/JEY...VME-TO-TYPE-C-aluminium-TYPE/32952100894.html
it was 99$ when i ordered it dang. it's small, powered from Thunderbolt3. Another forumer tested it and he got ~2,3gb/s with it.

 

[Thysanoptera]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/JEY...VME-TO-TYPE-C-aluminium-TYPE/32952100894.html
it was 99$ when i ordered it dang. it's small, powered from Thunderbolt3. Another forumer tested it and he got ~2,3gb/s with it.

Thanks! I'm getting this also, looks sweet. I have already 2TB NVMe stick to use in it. I didn't know somebody finally started to make such enclosures.

 

[Ploki]

Thanks! I'm getting this also, looks sweet. I have already 2TB NVMe stick to use in it. I didn't know somebody finally started to make such enclosures.

seems like only the chinese are selling them, everything in europe seems to be loaded with drives.

 

[VMMan]

I chose 1 TB which is enough for apps and some often used data but still not enough for photos and videos, which are stored in external drives.

 

[Mr. Dee]

When I upgrade in the future, I am going with either 512 GB or 1 TB. My 2015 MBP, which has a 256 GB SSD I think I only have about 15 GBs remaining. Between VM's, my music and photo library and other stuff, it goes fast. Although, I am going to try an offload some more stuff to an external.

 

[boast]

256GB. Apart from software and documents (that I keep synced locally), everything else is stored on my NAS. And I use AutoMounter to make it a more seamless experience.

 

[Mr Kram]

128 for me. it's just my couch surfer.