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Solid-state drives for Mac

WHEN YOU BUY A NEW MAC, you can choose how much storage you want. Our advice? Don’t rush your decision. While opting for a higher capacity drive is going to cost you hundreds or, in some cases, thousands, making the correct, upfront choice will determine how useful your Mac will be in the future. One thing’s for sure, don’t bank on going larger later down the line!

Not too long ago, the situation weighed less heavily on your wallet. The choice of high-capacity internal computer storage was generally limited to hard drives (highly mechanized devices which use a head to read and write data on rapidly spinning discs, aka magnetic coated platters) and they were easier to access and relatively inexpensive compared to

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