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SSD for "enhanced durability" only?

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sir42

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In the online Apple Store, Apple suggests that:

MacBook Pro also offers an optional 128GB or 256GB solid-state drive, which has no moving parts for enhanced durability.
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I thought the SSD was supposed to offer increased speed as well as enhanced durability, no? Has Apple always used the "enhanced durability" line in their copy, or did they also mention increased speed when the Air first came out?
 
They may have neglected the "Speed" word due to the downgrade to SATA I.

I also don't think durability is the correct word since it has less read/write cycles then a platter drive, but is more robust in terms of vibration and shock
 
Again, the rumors that apple did this intentionally are unfounded since there is no benefit to doing it (including p.r., battery life, price, energy consumption, etc.)

The hardware is there, let's just pressure them to correct the problem.
 
Unprocessed1 said:
Again, the rumors that apple did this intentionally are unfounded since there is no benefit to doing it (including p.r., battery life, price, energy consumption, etc.)

The hardware is there, let's just pressure them to correct the problem.
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I'm an engineer and I believe they may have gotten a price cut in a large batch or had a large batch of SATA I
 
CoffeeWarrior said:
I'm an engineer and I believe they may have gotten a price cut in a large batch or had a large batch of SATA I
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Well your theory isn't panning out since the MBA description w/ 3.0 gig is:

With no moving parts, solid-state drives enhance durability and use less power. And now with MacBook Air, this 128GB option is more affordable than ever.
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The same chipset is in the MBP's as the previous model. Apple wouldn't destroy SSD potential to save a few bucks (literally) per customer, and have to deal with all the negative P.R. and unhappy customers.
 
CoffeeWarrior said:
They may have neglected the "Speed" word due to the downgrade to SATA I.

I also don't think durability is the correct word since it has less read/write cycles then a platter drive, but is more robust in terms of vibration and shock
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Your mixing up durability with longevity
 
CoffeeWarrior said:
They may have neglected the "Speed" word due to the downgrade to SATA I.
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FWIW, wouldn't the faster SSDs outperform the fastest HDDs even using SATA I? I thought that there were not really (magnetic) notebook drives at this point that can top out the SATA I architecture, whereas the SSDs (some of them) can exceed it. So even if it runs at the top of the SATA I performance window, it'll still be faster than any HDDs on the market, right?
 
mkrishnan said:
FWIW, wouldn't the faster SSDs outperform the fastest HDDs even using SATA I? I thought that there were not really (magnetic) notebook drives at this point that can top out the SATA I architecture, whereas the SSDs (some of them) can exceed it. So even if it runs at the top of the SATA I performance window, it'll still be faster than any HDDs on the market, right?
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Right, you are correct. Additionally even before the lastest MBP update, Apple only sold SSDs for durability. They have never touted the SSD for speed as a selling factor.
 
Here's my system profiler says (2.93Ghz w/ 256GB SSD) Purchased last month.



Capacity: 233.76 GB
Model: APPLE SSD TS256
Revision: W010011b
Serial Number: 039920003063
Native Command Queuing: No
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 233.44 GB
Available: 69.09 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
 
adamjackson said:
Here's my system profiler says (2.93Ghz w/ 256GB SSD) Purchased last month.



Capacity: 233.76 GB
Model: APPLE SSD TS256
Revision: W010011b
Serial Number: 039920003063
Native Command Queuing: No
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 233.44 GB
Available: 69.09 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
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What are you trying to show ?
 
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