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Re:The New MacBook Pros Mark the End of Upgradeable Apple Co... by jeroenhd on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @06:08AM (#12853353)
I'm not sure if they really "blur the line". Speed wise, the new SSDs are coming closer and closer to RAM, but latency wise they're still miles off.

There's still a lot to be done before SSDs can truly rival with memory.

Re:The New MacBook Pros Mark the End of Upgradeable Apple Co... by icanhackit on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @07:14AM (#12853606)
> I'm not sure if they really "blur the line".

But isn't this the ultimate idea behind NVMe? By using PCIe in parallel it gets to the point where you can rely on nonvolatile memory to be more of a system workhorse than merely a storage system. Apple seems to have an idea of where they want to go - just look at the last two iPhones, the 6s and 7. They've had around 1/2 to 3/4 the amount of RAM of other flagship devices while having stupid-fast storage and in real-world tests they outperform their competitors for load times and responsiveness.