lol. No It was the company but I won't go there. As for flash drives I broke it in less thena year by using it 24/7 to save documents to and to read business documents from. so I can't imagine how a SSD drive can survive 3 years unless it walls off the bad sectures some how which is what an SSD drive should do anyways.¬ Take care all. On Oct 27, 2011, at 3:55 AM, Bubba wrote: > Yes, broken just using it don't break it. You have to especially an internal > SSd have to be getting all kind of virus and stuff that is making them > unusable and for external drives and such you cannot just throw them around > and stuff and put them around unshielded magnets and in hot places. > Something is going wrong going throw that many drives. JMT > > > Bubba > bubbathegeek@xxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of col shawx > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:24 AM > To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: why have they dis continued the Mac Book? > > must be carless with your equipment. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:01 PM > Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: why have they dis continued the Mac Book? > > > I dunno. the way I go through drives and thum drives? Yeah. I can use one in > > a year and it will be broken. so think on it when using a 250 gig ssd drive. > On Oct 26, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Bubba wrote: > >> That use to be the problem and that is not so any more and the number is >> so >> high now it is like it don't exist . By then it will be time for a new >> computer. JMO >> >> >> Bubba >> bubbathegeek@xxxxxxxxx >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami >> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 8:45 PM >> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: why have they dis continued the Mac Book? >> >> a SSD drive though has a finite number of read write cycles. The ios >> devices >> don't have an SSD drive in them though, they are the SSD drive hence you >> must back up more often then you probably would if you have a regular hd >> in >> there. >> >> I'll wait until the 100 dollar price tag goes down for a 500 gig ssd >> drive. >> lol! >> On Oct 26, 2011, at 5:39 PM, Bubba wrote: >> >>> Actually the SSD is nowhere as big yet as the mechanical drives are. >>> The SSD is much faster and less moving parts and much more reliable >>> now. Why do you think Apple has them in the Mac Book air, Offer them >>> in their desktops even the Mac mini and in the Mac Book pros. They >>> have flash drives which is basically a ssd drive on board in all there >>> IOS devices. That is why they are so fast and reliable. So think you >>> have it backwards. JMT and JMO >>> >>> >>> Bubba >>> bubbathegeek@xxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 8:10 PM >>> To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: why have they dis continued the Mac Book? >>> >>> I still want a mack book pro as I don't trust solid state drives. All >>> they are are huge fjash drives that are waiting to die a violent >>> death. and I want a 500 gig ssd drive and I won't be able to get that in >> an air. >>> >>> Take care. >>> On Oct 26, 2011, at 1:49 PM, John Panarese wrote: >>> >>>> There is no real market need for the Mac Book. The Mac Book Air >>>> specs >>> were updated significantly in July with processor and memory and disk >>> space increases. So, it really made the regular Mac Book not >>> necessary. There really would be no category between the Mac Book Air >>> and >> the Mac Book Pro. >>> You can get an Air for the same price as the old Mac Book, and it's a >>> much better system now. Mike's podcast was prior to Apple's complete >>> overhaul of the Mac Book Air at the same time Lion was released. >>>> >>>> >>>> Take Care >>>> >>>> John D. Panarese >>>> Director >>>> Mac for the Blind >>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> http://www.macfortheblind.com >>>> >>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING AND >>>> SUPPORT >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 26, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Daniel McGee wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, as I'm not really up on the Mac history it still struck me >>>>> that >>> why they should discontinue the Mac Book all together. >>>>> I red or heard somewhere that it was to be replaced by the Mac Book >>>>> Air >>> and from what I understand you don't get alot of memory on that merchine. >>> Mike Arrigo says on a podcast of his that it is 64GB which is not >>> alot. Im comparison I wonder how much the Mac book had before apple >> discontinued it. >>>>> But before I stray off the line my question was why do you and >>>>> everyone >>> hear I invite people to make there own theories and ideas that apple >>> decided to stop the mac book line. Because as a consumer that was >>> going to be the Mac that I would buy but since that's no longer around >>> then I would proably go for the Mac Book Pro option. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Daniel >>>> >>>> ************ >>>> >>>> >>>> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >>>> >>>> >>>> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any >>>> changes >>> to their list subscription is: >>>> >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >>>> >>>> The list archive is located at >>>> >>>> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >>>> >>>> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >>>> >>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> >>> >>> ************ >>> >>> >>> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >>> >>> >>> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any >>> changes to their list subscription is: >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >>> >>> The list archive is located at >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >>> >>> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >>> >>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >>> >>> ************ >>> >>> >>> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >>> >>> >>> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes >> to their list subscription is: >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >>> >>> The list archive is located at >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >>> >>> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >>> >>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >> >> ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes >> to >> their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> >> ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes >> to their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. 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