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OWC Announces Aura Flash Storage Upgrades for Mid-2013 and Later Mac Laptops - Drew - 03-08-2016
Love OWC!
480GB and 1TB upgrades for newer Macbooks.
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/03/08/owc-aura-flash-storage-laptop-upgrades/
Re: OWC Announces Aura Flash Storage Upgrades for Mid-2013 and Later Mac Laptops - Lew Zealand - 03-08-2016
1/3 the throughput of Apple SSDs in the MacBook Pros. They're still very fast at 450-750 MB/s and you can install them after purchase so that tradeoff isn't too bad.
Re: OWC Announces Aura Flash Storage Upgrades for Mid-2013 and Later Mac Laptops - sekker - 03-09-2016
Lew Zealand wrote:
1/3 the throughput of Apple SSDs in the MacBook Pros. They're still very fast at 450-750 MB/s and you can install them after purchase so that tradeoff isn't too bad.
Do these newer Apple SSDs slow down as they fill up past 75%? If so, even these new ones are likely faster than Apple OEMs once they are installed since they will have added scratch space.
Re: OWC Announces Aura Flash Storage Upgrades for Mid-2013 and Later Mac Laptops - jdc - 03-09-2016
sekker wrote:
Do these newer Apple SSDs slow down as they fill up past 75%? If so, even these new ones are likely faster than Apple OEMs once they are installed since they will have added scratch space.
no drive likes to be full, HDD or SSD (technically apple drives are flash based)
But going over 75% full doesnt automagically make them Zip disc slow.
plenty fast -- rated faster thatn any 2.5" SSD -- Peak data rate: 763MB/s read and 446MB/s write
But Lew is right, 1/3 the thoughtput of a newer MBP -- 2015 rMBPs are getting 2000 MB/s read 1500MS/s write
Re: OWC Announces Aura Flash Storage Upgrades for Mid-2013 and Later Mac Laptops - Bill in NC - 03-09-2016
At 3x the price of 2.5" SATA SSDs.
Why isn't there a PCI-SSD standard?
Drew wrote:
Love OWC!
480GB and 1TB upgrades for newer Macbooks.
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/03/08/owc-aura-flash-storage-laptop-upgrades/
Re: OWC Announces Aura Flash Storage Upgrades for Mid-2013 and Later Mac Laptops - decay - 03-10-2016
Bill in NC wrote:
At 3x the price of 2.5" SATA SSDs.
Why isn't there a PCI-SSD standard?
[quote=Drew]
Love OWC!
480GB and 1TB upgrades for newer Macbooks.
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/03/08/owc-aura-flash-storage-laptop-upgrades/
Because it's Apple.
And aren't the newer faster drives soldered to the logic board?
Re: OWC Announces Aura Flash Storage Upgrades for Mid-2013 and Later Mac Laptops - Lew Zealand - 03-10-2016
Not soldered, all Apple's drives (except maybe the MacBook?) are removable.