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I hate apple products lately (macbook pro), well I love them but I hate you cant replace components like RAM and SSD. I wish they improved soon. As for mac pro

I hate apple products lately (macbook pro), well I love them but I hate you cant replace components like RAM and SSD. I wish they improved soon. As for mac pro, I love design.

Kiro 13y ago
Why can't you replace the SSD?
- whichdan 13y ago
  They've started using a proprietary SATA connector.
  - nwh 13y ago
    PCIe, which is reasonably standard.
    - post_break 13y ago
      Quick, find me a replacement at an online retailer. Then tell me how reasonable it is. There is currently only one supplier and they charge a fortune.
      - e1ven 13y ago
        Not to discount your point about retail availability, but this appears to use the M.2 (NGFF) format, which has been widely praised (outside of any Apple context) as an industry-standard approach to flash memory. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6293/ngff-ssds-putting-an-end-to-proprietary-ultrabook-ssd-form-factors http://www.anandtech.com/show/6293/ngff-ssds-putting-an-end-... The M.2 form-factor is available for both SATA and PCIe cards. PCIe versions are becoming the new normal, due to the speed increases - http://www.tested.com/tech/pcs/456464-why-ssds-are-transitioning-sata-pcie-next-gen-form-factor/ http://www.tested.com/tech/pcs/456464-why-ssds-are-transitio...
      - protomyth 13y ago
        uhm, well OWC is always good for it: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/ http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/
        post_break 13y ago
        Yeah, like I said only one supplier and the cost is astronomical.
  - rayiner 13y ago
    It's not SATA, it's PCI-E, which is a lot faster.