[OSX-Users] Re: New MacBook Pros and Thunderbolt update 1.2

[Andrew Paul Landells]

Isn't the current answer to that "Cloud storage"? :)

In seriousness, it's mostly my media collection that takes up the most space and that lives on a 2TB disk attached to my media centre. My laptops have more than enough storage for dealing with my day-to-day needs for all the software and documents I work with. I really don't need huge amounts of storage inside the computer I'm using.

On 14 Jun 2012, at 11:08, David Millard wrote:
> So an extra £500 does seem steep to get the 500gb SSD. How do people out there with Airs cope with the limited space? Especially those that use the Air as their primary machine?
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 14 Jun 2012, at 08:31, Chris Andrews <w at lfie.org> wrote:
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>> On Wednesday, 13 June 2012 at 22:34, m.c. schraefel wrote:
>>> after doing everything with an 11 inch air for the past 6 months or so, it's hard for me to imagine wanting to double the weight of carrying a machine around again. the anti-glare displays still seem sweet too.
>> Having traded down from 15" Pro (which was always too big) to an 11" Air after griping for years that Apple hadn't made any sub-13" laptops since the Intel transition, I don't envision going back to a Pro at all, let alone a 15" Pro. If I want desktop space, I have a monitor. I'm also a bit hesitant to drop £1800 on a machine where you can't even upgrade the RAM - it's less of an issue for £900.     
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>> Another point that's come out of teardowns but is as yet not 100% confirmed: the 2010/2011 Airs, 2012 Air and 2012 Pro w/Retina may all use different types of SSD board. They'll all be available at some point aftermarket, but it underscores the message - the new Pros are meant to be sealed units.
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>> Chris

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Andrew Paul Landells
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