256GB SSD upgrade (and external USB3 adapter) for new Macbook Air

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Anyone else sceptical about slapping a 3rd party upgrade into an expensive laptop which has only been out for a week?

It doesn't feel like it's likely to have been thoroughly tested which I'd be keen on given that it will almost certainly void the warranty.

Personally I'd pass.

How many Air users are going to want to hook up this monstrosity to the "gorgeous industrial design" that they currently have?

The USB thing?

That's a housing for the old drive. Their product replaces the internal storage. That is a casing so you can turn the internal storage into a USB storage device.

At least I think so. The English in the article is a bit unclear.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/21/new-11-6-inch-macbook-air...

" On the plus side, the Toshiba solid state drive seems to be modular, so there's some modest upgrade potential there if you can find a supplier of the mini-SATA boards. Still, kids -- don't try this at home."

Nope, that's clever housing for the memory chip you REPLACE. This makes it easier to get your old data onto the new storage drive, then serves as portable storage. This is a huge value add.

Edit: Parent comment was deleted. still, this thing is a very compelling offer.

I think the point is that it's an -internal- upgrade, that ships with a USB adapter for the existing SSD (that you'll remove).

How do you go about purchasing it though?

$999 + ____ ?

Not quite sure where the USB3 comes in.

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