The new cheaper 13 model is 128GB!

[catportal]

Exactly, that's because Surface is cheaper so the expectation is not high. But in all fairness, I did aim for Surface and bash Microsoft for having 4GB RAM. No bias here. Company that tries to rip off its customer gets bashed.

Regardless, it is disingenuous, SSD prices have dropped dramatically. 256GB should be standard now.

 

[New_Mac_Smell]

Regardless, it is disingenuous, SSD prices have dropped dramatically. 256GB should be standard now.

Just out of curiosity but where are people getting their prices from in order to get so upset?

I mean it's difficult to understand the costs seeing as Apple use SSDs that aren't consumer available. But the nearest equivalent is around $400 here https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=0D9-002J-00031. The one Apple use is about 4 times faster...

If you just Google for "256GB SSD" yes you will find cheap ones http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Storage/cat/Hard-Drive---SSD/256GB there's one for around $100 just there.

Are people really just looking at the physical capacity of it and basing all opinion on that it should be cheaper from there?

 

[raqball]

Just out of curiosity but where are people getting their prices from in order to get so upset?

I mean it's difficult to understand the costs seeing as Apple use SSDs that aren't consumer available. But the nearest equivalent is around $400 here https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=0D9-002J-00031. The one Apple use is about 4 times faster...

If you just Google for "256GB SSD" yes you will find cheap ones http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Storage/cat/Hard-Drive---SSD/256GB there's one for around $100 just there.

Are people really just looking at the physical capacity of it and basing all opinion on that it should be cheaper from there?

Samsung 960 EVO 500GB = $248 ---> https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1288024-REG/samsung_mz_v6e500bw_500gb_960_evo_nvme.html

Speed: (source ---> http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/204072/Samsung-SSD-960-EVO-500GB)

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 2,218MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,295MB/s

The 250GB version of the same drive retails for $128.....

 

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