Solid state drive use flash and no moving parts, as opposed to conventional hard drives. THis essentially enable them to operate faster. If you're not doing anything too terribly intensive, it may be difficult to see immediate benefits from going with a SSD. Conventional hard drives are significantly more economical.
On Mar 23, 2013, at 9:41 AM, "anita" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > You lost me. Not sure what is meant by seek time? > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Kchao" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 9:35 AM > Subject: Re: MacBook Inquiries. > > >> Hi, >> There exists a multitude of configuration options for storage. I believe >> you're talking about the macBOok pro line, the one with the optical drive. >> Off the top of my head, I believe it starts out at 500Gb and up for hard >> drives. And then there are a bunch of SSD flash storage options. Quicker >> seek time and no moving parts etc. >> HTH >> >> On Mar 23, 2013, at 9:32 AM, "anita" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Chris, >>> What capacities for hard drives are available for the model we're >>> discussing? Perhaps this doesn't apply, not sure. >>> Anita >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris H" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 6:26 PM >>> Subject: Re: MacBook Inquiries. >>> >>> >>>> Hello Anita >>>> then it's the Macbook Pro with non-retina display. This is the only choice >>>> now if you want one with an optical drive built in. >>>> Chris. >>>> >>>> >>>> Christopher Hallsworth >>>> E-mail and Facebook: >>>> [email protected] >>>> Skype: >>>> chrishallsworth7266 >>>> Twitter: >>>> http://www.twitter.com/@christopherh40 >>>> Find my blog at >>>> challsworth2.wordpress.com >>>> >>>> On 22/03/2013 21:15, anita wrote: >>>>> Hi List, >>>>> I'm getting a MacBook, but am not sure how to choose the best one. >>>>> Having a CD slot is essential. This may limit my selections/choices, >>>>> buthaving a laptop is what I want, and just wanna get the most for my >>>>> money. >>>>> Thanks for any info. >>>>> Anita >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
