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Can I upgrade my MBA to a larger than 256GB SSD?

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Can I upgrade my MBA to a larger than 256GB SSD? Specs are: 2.17Ghz 8GB 256GB

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Thanks a lot Mayer. ;)

ThunderMBA,

No problem, glad to help.

mayer,

You are right Majesty. Ram and drives are more expensive than the MBA itself.

ThunderMBA,

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mayer
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Here's a 480 GB drive that should work for you: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/SSDAP...

That's one expensive SSD. I wanted to max my Macbook Pro at 16GB until I saw the RAM costs almost $1,500!!! Ridiculous!!

Majesty,

how come so expensive then the macbook air itself?

SIMRAN,

SIMRAN, wish a had a concise answer for that. It makes no sense. wether it's a SSD or RAM upgrade, it should never cost more than the machine itself.

Majesty,

thats why i m asking you a question why more expensive then machine itself ? how this possible

SIMRAN,

SIMRAN, they just hope that people that cannot wait will buy it anyway, regardless of it's inflated price. I'll wait.

Majesty,

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These use a special make drive,so it will not work "without serious rigging" if you bought a 1.8 or 2.5(excerpt from the trardown)

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Like in Meta,it might not be a Air, but he might have mixed information up so it is possible

nick,

I erased my comment as it was wrong. You still get the upvote but I'll bet he has the new 1.7 i5 MacBook Air.

mayer,

I bet, i might get one after i can afford it, of wait, i am not wasteful so i will keep my IBM T60 and use that right now

nick,

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Another alternative, to give you some of the benefits of an SSD and still retain the size capabilities or a disk drive, would be the Seagate Momentus XT.

Reviews have been very good, just don't expect it to be an absolute speed demon. You will certainly notice a big difference between it and the stock hard drive, but transfer rates do not come close to even a base line SSD.

He already has a SSD. Getting a hybrid drive would actually be a downgrade.

Majesty,

I think I'll stock here until buying a Time Capsule. Thanks for your recommendation Majesty.

ThunderMBA,

Hence the "another alternative" statement. Downgrade for speed, upgrade for space.

KnowItAll,

heh, heh! Would be great a Time Capsule with a 3TB SSD. Maybe we are not to far from that. :) Can you imagine? Speed, Space and Wireless.

ThunderMBA,

"Another Alternative"? LOL You are suggesting a downgrade and not only that, but the "alternative" you are offering doesn't even fit in a Macbook Air. LOL

Majesty,

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