While the price is certainly high, how man other macbook SSD upgrades are out there for the newer macs? From what I gether this was previously impossible.
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This doesn’t appear to be RAID 0. It might be... but the idea that it can be removed makes me think it’s not a RAID 0 set-up. Remember RAID 0 utilizes both drives simultaneously and stripes the data across them... therefore a single file is going to be on both drives... partially.
If the SD Card can be removed then…
Correct... I think the idea is noble in the fact that the quality of the SD card has to be VERY high for longevity if you are going to extend the volume of your main OS drive. Regular SD cards when used as SSD’s get trashed in no time due to the high read/write cycles that kill the cells,even after wear loading and…
It will blow up the machine if taken out but if re-inserted usually things go back to normal. Usually. See my full comment for more details on the process.
This is not a RAID 0
Windows had it since NT 4.0 all the ways to Win 10... still this cannot be RAID, because you cannot RAID the non-RAID OS disk while operating it. Here you install an SD card and extend the volume...
This is definitely not RAID 0 because you cant just RAID 0 an already existing drive.
Raid 0 is technically a stripe, where a data file is split and is written to both ‘spindles’ without parity.
Except, Apple in their greedy wisdom decided to solder the storage and RAM on to the mobo so you can’t upgrade the guts anymore. One of the flash chips died after 1 year? Well, time for a new computer! AppleCare you say? That’s another money grabbing scheme. Pay extra so you can actually use your computer longer than…
This doesn’t sound like RAID 0. It sounds like extending a volume or spanning a System Disk onto another drive. (as Windows does)
TarDisk - Bigger on the inside eh?
Sounds like they have some software smarts that directs files to either the SSD or the card. I assume it will direct any system-essential files to the SSD, so the system should not crash, but you could lose access to your data.
“To ensure there’s minimal loss in performance, the software ensures the MacBook’s SSD is always the preferred place to store files, assuming there’s still space left.”
No, not by a long shot. Even if it were possible, the SD card would be a ridiculously narrow bottleneck.
By now there are countless flash cards designed to sit perfectly inside the MacBook Air’s SD card slot and boost the…