SSD upgrades down the road

[thenewguy]

I was having trouble with the search function, so I thought I'd just ask:

What is the consensus on SSD options coming out down the road?

I'm having a hard time thinking of the $500 increase in price for the 500gb SSD. I'm planning on the 2.3/16gb model.

I've taken apart tons of mac laptops, though not the current generation, but I imagine I could handle that task.

Anyway, looking for some perspective on what price might be within a year, and upgrade-ability.

Thanks,

 

[mjn298]

It'll be up to some specialist company like OWC to replicate the rMBP ssd

i dunno about opening it up, it'll definitely void your warranty and i'm not sure how to do it

 

[ivoruest]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the RMBP has a soldered SSD to the Logic Board. This means it cant be replaced at all.

 

[mjn298]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the RMBP has a soldered SSD to the Logic Board. This means it cant be replaced at all.

The ssd isn't soldered but it's a special shape unique to the rMBP.

SSDs are super reliable but still fail so i guess they wanted to make that relatively easy to fix

still doesn't solve the problem of actually opening the case, though

 

[boomhower]

I imagine aftermarket alternatives will come out from OWC but I would not expect them to be any much cheaper. Just look at their Air drives, $700 for 480GB. As long as Apple uses non-standard SSD's the prices will be astronomical, the economies of scale just aren't there.