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Comment by LeifCarrotson | Hacker News Reader

> much of which is the SSD

A 1 TB SSD is on the order of $150.

Not saying the price is not outrageous but I found it ironic that you spec maniacs can’t tell the difference between a sata ssd vs pcie ssd. You will be hard pressed to find retail ssd that’s remotely close to the performance in these new macs.

For users that care, a 1TB PCIe SSD currently costs a mere $230 (for the Samsung 970 EVO on Newegg, which has pretty impressive performance). Sure, that's slightly more expensive, but it's nowhere near the premium Apple are charging. On the other hand, users who don't need the extra performance still have to pay through the nose for it - and arguably the difference between SSD and HDD is more important from a user experience perspective than the difference between SATA and PCIe.

You can find PCIe SSDs for about $150. Like this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-860-SATA-Internal-MZ-N6E1T0BW...

That isn't a performance monster. But you could get something really top-of-the-line for, say, $400.

I clicked on your link and it says "SATA 6 Gb/s Interface". is the Amazon description incorrect or did you paste the wrong link?

so your last sentence contradicts your first. Why would you want the slow PCIe SSD, you would want a better performing one for the technology being offered.

That said, Apple should not be sodering these SSDs to the motherboard.

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