If Apple would incorporate USB 3 ports into their computers (don't know if they ever will) then people could put their regular files on the smaller SSD on board drive and connect to an external drive via USB 3 for all of their other huge files like music and video collections.
Why would Apple have to add USB3 to do this? I can do this quite happily with USB2.
Apple worked with Intel on Lightpeak/Thunderbolt to be better and faster than USB3 so I can't see their impetus for bothering with it. The price of the technology will very quickly come down. If Jobs was still alive I would have guaranteed you wouldn't have got USB3 but this post-Jobs-Apple is a little bit more flexible and not as focused.
Why would Apple have to add USB3 to do this? I can do this quite happily with USB2.
Apple worked with Intel on Lightpeak/Thunderbolt to be better and faster than USB3 so I can't see their impetus for bothering with it. The price of the technology will very quickly come down. If Jobs was still alive I would have guaranteed you wouldn't have got USB3 but this post-Jobs-Apple is a little bit more flexible and not as focused.
The reality is that lots of people are looking for USB 3, even though Thunderbolt is better. With the new Ivy Bridge chips, implementing USB 3 is essentially free, so there's really no reason not to.
Cloud storage is nice but not always convinient, if they do move to flash I'd hope the Pros have more than the Macbook Airs for the same price. Better still, flash along with a traditional hard drive. If they remove the optical drive they have some room to work with if they use the same form factor flash drive as in the Airs, plenty left over for a mechanical hard drive too.
Clouds are fun and all, until there is a power outage, internet outage, or if someone approaches Apple with a warrant or anti-terrorism writ to get access to your files.
The only secure storage is local.
If you happen to have a large amount of local storage needs, a NAND storage solution might not be "pro" enough for Macbook Pro users.
Upgrading the macbook air drive voids your warranty.
Upgrading the drive in a macboo pro does not void your warranty.
That is the problem.
The point I was trying to make, not very well apparently, is that the "drives" are removable, and replaceable, not soldered to the mobo. Therefor, any SSD in a Maxbook Pro would be also replaceable.
Until you're presented with a warrant or anti-terrorism writ.
Sure, but that's a warrant being presented to you, personally. Not to a company behind your back. You have the option to cooperate with the warrant, or even to encrypt your local data in some fashion.
Sure, but that's a warrant being presented to you, personally. Not to a company behind your back. You have the option to cooperate with the warrant, or even to encrypt your local data in some fashion.
There is no option to cooperate when presented with a warrant. That's what a warrant is, a presentation of a court order that requires cooperation. Or, if you're not available, for the authorities to enter on their own.
But home storage can be more secure in that you have the option of several backup strategies, and far less likelihood of having your computer broken into as opposed to a company's services hacked, which we see happening all the time.
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If Apple would incorporate USB 3 ports into their computers (don't know if they ever will) then people could put their regular files on the smaller SSD on board drive and connect to an external drive via USB 3 for all of their other huge files like music and video collections.
Why would Apple have to add USB3 to do this? I can do this quite happily with USB2.
Apple worked with Intel on Lightpeak/Thunderbolt to be better and faster than USB3 so I can't see their impetus for bothering with it. The price of the technology will very quickly come down. If Jobs was still alive I would have guaranteed you wouldn't have got USB3 but this post-Jobs-Apple is a little bit more flexible and not as focused.
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The reality is that lots of people are looking for USB 3, even though Thunderbolt is better. With the new Ivy Bridge chips, implementing USB 3 is essentially free, so there's really no reason not to.
Cloud storage is nice but not always convinient, if they do move to flash I'd hope the Pros have more than the Macbook Airs for the same price. Better still, flash along with a traditional hard drive. If they remove the optical drive they have some room to work with if they use the same form factor flash drive as in the Airs, plenty left over for a mechanical hard drive too.
Clouds are fun and all, until there is a power outage, internet outage, or if someone approaches Apple with a warrant or anti-terrorism writ to get access to your files.
The only secure storage is local.
If you happen to have a large amount of local storage needs, a NAND storage solution might not be "pro" enough for Macbook Pro users.
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The only secure storage is local.
Until you're presented with a warrant or anti-terrorism writ.
The point I was trying to make, not very well apparently, is that the "drives" are removable, and replaceable, not soldered to the mobo. Therefor, any SSD in a Maxbook Pro would be also replaceable.
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Until you're presented with a warrant or anti-terrorism writ.
Sure, but that's a warrant being presented to you, personally. Not to a company behind your back. You have the option to cooperate with the warrant, or even to encrypt your local data in some fashion.
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You have the option to cooperate with the warrant, or even to encrypt your local data in some fashion.
No, you have the option of giving them your stuff, and it doesn't matter if it's encrypted because they'll just crack it.
There is no option to cooperate when presented with a warrant. That's what a warrant is, a presentation of a court order that requires cooperation. Or, if you're not available, for the authorities to enter on their own.
But home storage can be more secure in that you have the option of several backup strategies, and far less likelihood of having your computer broken into as opposed to a company's services hacked, which we see happening all the time.