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Why does Apple still use tiny SSDs?

I plugged my generic webcam into a USB slot, ran cheese to make sure that it all worked and downloaded the zoom firefox extension (would have had to do that on any platform) and I was good to go. I don't recall struggling with anything special.
 
I know back when the NeXTstation shipped (not Apple, but it was Steve) the base model gave you a 105mb hard disk (3.5") and with the factory software load you had less than 30mb of space to yourself, which at the time was panned for being nowhere near enough for an advanced RISC workstation costing in excess of $5000 in 1990.

In modern times I've been told the NVME and M.2 storage solutions are way faster than a premium SSD on SATA.
 
SSD on SATA 3 is stuck at under 600MBs, I have cheap NVME drives (PCIE 3) that run 2-3 times faster than SATA on old hardware. Newer PCIE 4 x4 NVME run 2-3 times faster than that.
 
This is why I am buying as many x86 wide frame iMac all-in-ones as I can......

And obviously I can run Linux on them. This is an official Linux thread now after all ;).......

Oh and FUCK APPLE!
 
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The worst part about Apple's soldered SSDs is that they have a limited lifespan. Present day Macs won't be usable at all in a few years unless you're good at BGA soldering.
 
My previous Macbook Air was 7 years old and worked fine till I dropped it one day and then the track pad started to have issues. Used it ever day. It's super light vs some of the other laptops I have owned. And runs a version of BSD Unix I believe. I like it and it's much more intuitive to use versus Windows (which I hate). New one has a 500GB SSD. My only real complaint is it only has two Thunderbolt ports and one gets used by the power adaptor when plugged in.
 
tradde said:
My previous Macbook Air was 7 years old and worked fine till I dropped it one day and then the track pad started to have issues. Used it ever day. It's super light vs some of the other laptops I have owned. And runs a version of BSD Unix I believe. I like it and it's much more intuitive to use versus Windows (which I hate). New one has a 500GB SSD. My only real complaint is it only has two Thunderbolt ports and one gets used by the power adaptor when plugged in.
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My work laptop at one point was the last intel macbook pro, a beast of a machine spec wise, but 4 USB C ports is all you get. Somewhat limiting for sure. But, with a nice dock, a decent machine.

When it comes to the personal M1 Pro macbook that I got, I am really glad they brought back the magsafe charger, HDMI port, SD Slot, etc., so that I don't need a dock for the laptop to be useful with multiple things. If I keep one USB C->A in my bag I'm in pretty good shape.
 
tradde said:
My previous Macbook Air was 7 years old and worked fine till I dropped it one day and then the track pad started to have issues. Used it ever day. It's super light vs some of the other laptops I have owned. And runs a version of BSD Unix I believe. I like it and it's much more intuitive to use versus Windows (which I hate). New one has a 500GB SSD. My only real complaint is it only has two Thunderbolt ports and one gets used by the power adaptor when plugged in.
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MacOS aka OX X is UNIX(TM).

Hybrid Mach/BSD kernel with BSD userland.
 
Apple has always charged a lot for RAM and SSDs. Even Apple don't pay for extra memory when ordering a new system. It was cheaper to just buy the system through the internal system but order extra memory from Crucial externally :) Or was true about 10 years ago when I was there :D
New stuff doesn't have RAM sockets and the SSD use a custom controller. Future preservation is gonna be hard :(
 
Chuck(G) said:
Probably worse than Apple crappy plastic and capacitors of the 90s, I suppose.
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I dont know about that. As long as the ram or ssd isnt dead the system will always retain its original setup. A 90s mac will end up being various bare metal chassis components in a few years when all the plastic has become soft candle wax. I have a very nice mid 90s apple monitor which I am toying with the notion of building a wood chassis for as the original is as soft as a saltine and has fallen apart. Whats worse an un-upgrade-able machine or a pile of parts on the floor?
 
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