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. 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