2nd HD in a MackBook Pro

[PeterSkarzay]

I'm actually not a fan of fusion drives, but I also don't keep that much stuff on my laptop.

I'm up to 6TB of storage on my hackintosh (mostly for DVD & eventually blu-ray archival), but my laptop has always been a bit storage light. I DJ'd and did normal life with a 64GB SSD since just before TB laptop drives started becoming available, and I've had no real problems or regrets. Used that drive for a couple years until I bought a new computer and with it a much nicer 120GB SSD. You just have to be a little more selective about what you keep with you. Might not be possible for the mobile jocks, but at that point IDK why they don't just use full computers in a rack since they're carrying so much stuff anyway.

And 500ish GB SSDs are starting to get into the "affordable" range (less than $1/GB). I'm actually about to buy a replacement superdrive to put in my MBP along with my 512GB Vertex 4.

But, the biggest advantage of SSDs in laptops (IMHO) isn't the speed (though it is night & day)…it's the fact that they're way less susceptible to damage from being dropped or carried around.

Though be wary of early onset data "rot" which SSD's are more prone to.

[mostapha]

Yeah…that's not actually an issue for the lifetimes people actually put devices through.

I've been using them for years, and things still work fine.