On Jan 19, 2015, at 7:31 PM, René J.V. Bertin wrote: > On Monday January 19 2015 19:05:40 Ryan Schmidt wrote: >> >>> IMHO the argument is stupid. If you **need** those gigs then buy them. I >>> just bought 1T at $0.0089 / gig !! >> >> Conserving disk space is a valid concern. Many Macs made in the past few >> years have an internal SSD and do not have internal space for a hard drive. > > Of course it is. But one doesn't buy such a Mac without knowing its > limitations (fashion victims aside, but who's going to pity them? ;)) and the > compromises that imposes. A compact Mac with a non-upgradable SSD is > undoubtedly great for certain "serious" uses, but not so great for other > serious work that requires installing a huge selection of ports...
I didn't say non-upgradable. OWC makes upgrades for the internal SSD of many Apple laptops, for example: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC Yes, I was aware of the compromises when I purchased my MacBook Pro with Retina Display 2.5 years ago. Yes, I paid extra for a larger SSD than the standard one. Yes, it is nevertheless full now. _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
