Not true at all. There are plenty of people who don't need storage for the way the device gets used. Especially in EDU. Your perspective is limited to your own desires, which is never good.
You're not a base model user.
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You're not a base model user.
the base model is wrong. the same philosophy that leads apple to sell phones without chargers leads to dumping sub par ssds in the computers forcing users to upgrade and pay a premium to get reasonable space. of course the koolaid drinkers will make excuses for them so they keep doing it..
I've been using iPhones for years. I already have several chargers and cables, I don't need anymore. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I would also like to know which Macs are getting subpar SSDs. They seem to perform quite well. Unless you're referring to capacity, then 256 seems pretty standard. Hell, the brand new Surface Pro 8 starts at 128GB, costs $100 more - and that's without the type cover. The Surface Laptop has the same 8/256 config and starting price of $999.
Your use case is your use case. If your use case requires more local storage, then there are options available. Why should someone whose use case doesn't require it pay more?
oh it's didn't read the thread guy chiming in.
oh and also miss the point guy.
512 should be standard, not a pay more option.
the base Air right now is only 2x the base storage of a stinking phone. The Air can be better..
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No, I get the point that you need more than 256, but there are plenty of people who don't. If 512 were the new standard, then I would expect competitors who offer similar products at similar price points would make 512 standard. But that isn't the case. 128 is still standard for some, and 256 seems pretty common across the board. For many users, this will be sufficient.oh it's didn't read the thread guy chiming in.
oh and also miss the point guy.
512 should be standard, not a pay more option.
the base Air right now is only 2x the base storage of a stinking phone. The Air can be better..
Apple offers storage tiers above and beyond most others. If you need more storage, suck it up and pay for more storage.
I have considered getting a second mini to share the RAM and CPU load on my desk. I'd get the minimum storage for the second one and 16 GB of RAM. Apple gives their customers options. I could also just hang an external drive if I needed to as well.
I've bought into the Apple ecosystem, so I'm using iCloud and storage has not been an issue since I made that call. All the machines everyone int he family is using are the base storage models and stuff just gets pushed to the cloud is local space is low...
Everyone’s needs are different, the documents I’ve collected over the past 15-20 years amount to less than 10GB, that includes tax returns, copies of important docs (eg passport, contracts and such) and so on… media is an entirely different story, I have around 3 TB of photos, videos, music and movies - on external drives.
I don't agree. 256GB is more than enough for the vast majority of people. The upgrades do seem to be overpriced, though.
I chose 256GB and it’s fine for me. SSDs are so small now, and the big files I manage I need to access on both my MacBook and iMac. IMO Cloud storage is less convenient than internal or external storage for larger files.. too much juggling, uploading and downloading.. but I know that’s a great option for some people. I usually do 512 for laptops, but I was running things the same way and never maxing it out, so I opted for the base + a RAM upgrade instead.
The base model is perfectly good and allows me to do my job just fine. See? Different needs, different opinions.
Thanks for the feedback.
I've bought the Samsung T7 Portable SSD. I'm hoping the issues with the biometrics have been fixed.
To be honest, if I'd bought a 512GB-1TB MacBook, I don't think I would've ever used external storage, so the 256GB might force me to be more conservative on my device and keep things backed up properly.
news flash.. if the base model is 512 you aren't forced to use all of it..
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For an average user 256 Gb might be enough and I used my Mac mini 2018 since its launch with 256 Gb without issues, but a year ago amount of mails with Attachments started to grow and My MS Outlook started to use 50-70Gb. So I started to use Mac Cleaner to remove unnecessary attachments which I read once and do not need to have on a local disk anymore but still need to keep on server. From one side it is still enough 256 Gb but it becomes uncomfortable to pay for extra software to clean periodically. If in addition you are developer and use Xcode and other IDE then defently 256 Gb won't be enough.
Nowadays 512Gb is bare minimum for a base work.
This is how my disk usage looks like. I am just a Delivery manager who from time to time develops for fun. You may continue tell that clouds are useful. Yes they are useful and I use iCloud and external 480 Gb SSD attached, but all presentations, project plans, technical specifications, etc has higher size than before. And this is extremely uncomfortable to spent time to move files around to keep few Gb available for every day work.
Nowadays 512Gb is bare minimum for a base work.
This is how my disk usage looks like. I am just a Delivery manager who from time to time develops for fun. You may continue tell that clouds are useful. Yes they are useful and I use iCloud and external 480 Gb SSD attached, but all presentations, project plans, technical specifications, etc has higher size than before. And this is extremely uncomfortable to spent time to move files around to keep few Gb available for every day work.
Dev here, perfectly comfortable with a 256 GB machine. I use Xcode and RubyMine, my dev folder is currently 4.63 GB, that's with three major Rails projects, dozens of C++ projects, some Crystal, Python and Godot. I keep several dumps of production databases on my machine for testing and they're definitely < 5 GB altogether.
I don't pay for any software to do any kind of cleaning, nor do I clean anything coding-related manually.
This machine is my only non-toy computer and it has all my data on it, all my photos and documents, both personal and for work.
So yeah, it's not "definitely not enough" and it's not a bare minimum.
But I'd have to pay for storage I don't need, and so would a lot of other people.news flash.. if the base model is 512 you aren't forced to use all of it..
Our workplace gave us 16 GB/512 GB MacBook Pro 13s and those were fine as we used development and test servers for work. It really makes the client disposable. I could get by with 256 but I like 512 because I like to play with virtual machines and sometimes do videos. I could just use an external for either of these.
I don't get why OP is so hard up on this non issue.. 256 GB is clearly more then enough for the vast majority of normal users, as their #1 selling machine is the base model Air and they've sold millions.
It's not wrong, because again, there are a LOT of use cases for Macs that do not involve using local storage AT ALL.
his premise is that he wants 512GB for the price of the current 256GB base model.
Someone point him to the refurbished store.
I bought the base 2015 15” MacBook Pro for $1799 in 2015 (Best Buy sale). 2.2GHz, 16GB, 256GB SSD. It wasn’t until this past year that I really ran out of meaningful space (down to 23GB free). Before that time I did not really need anything larger. If you need more out of the gate, then you buy it, if you don’t, then you don’t. I’m not the only one who has done just fine on 256GB of space.