The SSDs also use standard SATA connectors, but note that the SATA connector for 1.8' devices is narrower than the 2.5' devices to accommodate the smaller width. The two SSDs shown below are form factor identical twins-without the outer casing-to 1.8' and 2.5' HDDs. When solid state drives first started replacing HDDs, they had to fit into computer chassis or laptop drive bays built for HDDs, so they had to conform to HDD dimensions. Those 8' HDDs for datacenter storage and desktop PCs shed size to 5' to today's 3.5', and laptop HDDs, starting at 2.5', are now as small as 1.8'. The computer industry used the platter diameter dimensions to describe the HDD form factors, and those contours shrank over the years. Over time the standard size of the magnetic patter diameter shrank, which allowed the HDD width to decrease as well. The height was dictated by the number of platters stacked on the motor (about 14 for the largest configurations). Overseeing all outbound marketing and performance analysis for the company. The 13-Inch 'Early 2013' models have a 'blade' style SSD installed by default, but have a 'drive caddy' capable of supporting a removable 2.5' SSD, the 15-Inch 'Early 2013' models use a proprietary SATA 6 Gb/s 'blade' SSD, and the 13-Inch and 15-Inch 'Late 2013' models share a different proprietary 'blade' SSD running on a faster PCIe 2.0 x2 interface.This is a guest post by Kent Smith, senior director of marketing for LSI's Flash Components Division,

The storage can be upgraded in all of these models, but the SSDs used are quite different.

Mean the 13' MBP early 2013 uses mSATA or Aura 6G ? I'm not too sure what the 'extract from above link' mean, does it (without me opening up the MBP to inspect visually) ? Question is : what type of interface this caddy could support Of Retina 13' MBP) has an extra caddy to add a 2nd SSD: The above url, the early Retina MBP 13' (I suppose there's only 2 versions Havent got a chance to meet my kid awake to check it out yet but from Retina 13', replacing the original apple 120GB flash drive SSD ? In the worst case the interface doesn't fit & my M500 arrives, is thereĪn adapter out there that I could use to connect the M500 to the MBP

Is there any command to find out or from the serial#/model, I can tell Retina 120GB flashdrive as it's running low on space: I've just orderedĪ Crucial M500 480GB SSD & hope to be able to upgrade my kid's MBP 13' While the 2nd link above indicates 'recent' retina models. My kid got a MBP Retina 13' in Jan 2013: how do I know if its flash driveįrom the link below, looks like mid 2012 to early 2013 uses 'Aura Pro 6G' 's+new+m500+SSD+fit+inside+the+retina+MacBook+Pro

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