I bought a Samsung EVO 1 TB SSD a little more than a year ago. It was
$375. I noted that Newegg had it on sale last week for $313. They also
had a 2 TB SSD for about $800. My SSD has been in service, running 24/7,
no problems. It's my third Samsung SSD.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Adam Jazairi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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