When the first MacBook Pro laptops with Apple Silicon launched last year, they brought along a feature that Apple had omitted from the line in recent years: an SD card reader. Standard SD cards jut out from the reader, but Transcend’s new JetDrive Lite is designed to sit flush with the side of a MacBook Pro.
It’s basically an SD card that’s been shaved down to fit seamlessly with Apple’s laptops while giving you the ability to add 256GB, 512GB, or 1TB of storage with read/write speeds of 95 and 75 MB/s, respectively.
While that’s not nearly as speedy as the built-in SSD that Apple uses, it’s a lot cheaper than paying Apple for additional storage: Apple charges $200 for every additional 512GB of storage, while prices for the Transcend JetDrive Lite 330 range from $60 for a 256GB card to $250 for a 1TB card.
Another advantage? This is actually an upgrade you can make after you buy a MacBook Pro. It’s virtually impossible to perform your own upgrades on the internal hardware, since the memory and storage are both soldered to the mainboard.
Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web:
Now that the MacBook Pro has an SD card slot again… but one which makes the card stick out when inserted, Transcend has introduced a new JetDrive Lite 330 1TB card that’s designed to sit flush with a MacBook’s sides. At $250 though, it ain’t cheap. https://t.co/w6SPBfMlfo
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) April 22, 2022
AYA’s upcoming handheld gaming PC will have an OLED display and a smaller design than other current Windows-powered handhelds. How much smaller? That’s it hiding behind a Nintendo Switch Lite, which appears to be just a tad smaller. https://t.co/3Rr2r9Ci97 pic.twitter.com/lXqxEHzJGQ
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) April 22, 2022
Google doesn’t use its “tasty treat” code-names for new versions of Android publicly anymore. But they’re still used internally, and it looks like Android 14 will be known as “UpsideDownCake.” Hopefully no demogorgons are included. https://t.co/Rv8uKMrFFh
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) April 22, 2022
These fanless desktop computers are available with 12th-gen Intel Alder Lake desktop chips for around $930 and up. Some AMD Ryzen 5000 models are also available. https://t.co/QHgoV4W7PA
— Liliputing (@liliputingnews) April 22, 2022
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