Nine years later, dramatically faster and smaller SSDs with the same capacities can be had for less than a tenth of those prices, so every current Mac either has an SSD by default or as an option. The January 2008-vintage original MacBook Air was the first Mac with the option of a 64GB SSD (for a $1,300 premium over the laptop’s base price), and 1TB SSDs were going for roughly $4,000 - Apple didn’t even try to sell 1TB SSDs at that point. A Mac that once took over a minute to boot can now start working in seconds Macs built with SSDs can awaken from sleep instantly.ĭespite superior performance, high prices led Apple to slowly stagger solid state drive adoption across individual Mac product lines. Even without changing a Mac’s CPU, GPU, or RAM, replacing the hard drive with an internal SSD instantly leads to much faster macOS performance, app loading, restarting, and file accessing. So this is a perfect time to revisit the topic of SSD upgrades if you held out before, now’s the time to jump in!įor nearly a decade, SSDs have been acknowledged as the “future” of Mac storage. With this week’s release of macOS High Sierra, Apple has officially made SSDs its preferred Mac storage solution, introducing the new APFS standard to further optimize SSD performance over Fusion and traditional hard drives. Once unthinkably huge 2TB and 4TB SSDs are now commonly available, too, albeit at eye-watering prices. Replacing your old 500GB hard drive with a same-sized SSD from a reputable manufacturer costs only $150, while 1TB drives are under $330, each $100 less than only a couple of years ago. Today, high-capacity SSDs are more affordable than ever. All for much less than the price of a new Mac. Replacing a Mac’s 500GB or 1TB hard drive with a same-sized SSD required at least $250 back then, but the benefits were tremendous: even an aging machine became markedly (5x) faster, silent, and - unexpectedly - more fun to use.
You're just passing along information that you've been provided.When I first wrote about using solid state drives (SSDs) to radically improve the performance of older Macs, high-capacity SSDs were just beginning to become affordable. What makes it more difficult in your specific case is that you're not the owner of the machine. You found a store that was able to give you what you wanted, give them the business.Īnd it's just as frustrating on the other side of the counter when a customer walks in and says that they need something, or need help, but can't provide specifics. Sorry but I have to side on the store in this case.
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A simple serial number provides the technician with the proper information that they require to give an accurate answer. We're talking about a serial number here. I realize that you were dealing with a Mac but I think that you are failing to understand what the people behind the counter can experience in a routine day. Heck I've seen people who didn't even know the actual brand and used the term iPad or iPhone as a generic term for their non-Apple tablet or phone.
Too many have been raked over the coals by that angry customer who is upset that his or her repair bill is much higher than quoted because their verbal description was not the same as the actual one. So how do they know that you know what you're talking about? They don't, so they have to error on the side of caution.Īs for your "if the computer comes in and it differs they can go from there" statement, sadly that can no longer be the approach that most businesses can take. You may be 100% right but I'm guessing that the majority of people who walk in with just a description of their machines are probably wrong more than they are right. You're just passing along information that you've been provided.
Click to expand.And it's just as frustrating on the other side of the counter when a customer walks in and says that they need something, or need help, but can't provide specifics.