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The Case for SSDs in New MacBook Pros

The Case for SSDs in New MacBook Pros

by , 1:50 PM EDT, August 13th, 2008

Apple hasn't made any announcements about the next generation MacBook Pros, but when they do, it's getting to be fairly realistic for Apple to make SSDs an option, especially since Dell is leading the way, according to Computerworld on Wednesday.

Some thought it would take several years for Sold State Drives (SSD) to be a practical option for a MacBook. When Apple announced the MacBook Air in January, a 64 GB SSD option was priced at US$995, suitable only for those with very deep pockets.

Then, on July 3, Apple dropped that price to a $599 option. However, things are moving fast. According to Seth Weintraub at CW, Dell just announced an option for the Latitude series: a high speed 128 GB SSD option for $450.

"That is a price point that MacBook (especially Pro) customers can really sink their teeth into," Mr. Weintraub wrote.

The author is betting that with twice the storage at half the price, in the span of just 9 months, Apple will take the plunge, follow Dell's lead and offer this decent sized SSD across the entire MBP product line.

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MacRumors (I think) had story from a couple of weeks ago that supposedly showed the new cases for the MB and MBP. The cases had a removable panel to access the drive and memory. While the price right now is too high, if this came to pass I could see swapping out the mechanical HD for a SSD in the future.

Sweet.

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