The technology is similar (both are non-volatile solid-state memory), but
the flash drives you'll find on a laptop nowadays generally have more
storage than an SD card and are much faster. That said, a 1TB SSD will cost
a premium compared to a 1TB HDD. It's been a couple years since I bought my
Macbook Pro, but I think it was something like $200 extra just to upgrade
from 128GB to 256GB.

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:07 PM, CJB <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thank you - but aren't flash drives the same as SD cards?
>
> But a 1TB conventional drive seems OK.
>
> CJB
>
> On 13/01/2016, Stewart Gooderman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > MacBook Pro 13” can be gotten with a 1 TB hard drive.
> > MacBook Pro 15” can be gotten with a 1TB flash drive.
> >
> > DrG
> >
> >> On Jan 13, 2016, at 9:14 AM, CJB <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >> BTW if anyone knows of a brand (not Lenova with in built spyware) that
> >> offers laptops with proper hard-drives do let me know. As others have
> >> opined re: SD cards aka solid state 'drives' of limited robistness,
> >> please let me know.
> >>
> >> CJB.
> >>
> >
>



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