Generally, you can expect to pay twice as much for the same amount of storage, though the cost of SSD has been dropping every year. SSDs are clearly the future of computing storage, and it’s not surprising Apple has discontinued traditional or hybrid drives for their computers.īut there is a trade-off to the benefits of SSDs: GB for GB, they’re more expensive than HDDs.
Flash-based SSDs provide better, faster performance and long lifespans than disk-based hard drives, as well as near-instant computer startups, minimal application launch times, and a slimmer profile.
