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A comment on Ask HN: Macbook Air + Remote Server = Macbook Pro?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Macbook Air + Remote Server = Macbook Pro? by fHbjKlf6 on Sunday January 06, 2013 @12:30PM (#5016896)
Because the W500 doesn't support more than 8GB ram and uses the old Sata 3Gb/s interface which I believe would be a bottleneck with the latest SSD's.
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Re:Ask HN: Macbook Air + Remote Server = Macbook Pro? by rtkwe on Sunday January 06, 2013 @12:58PM (#5017002)
Didn't know that. I thought as their mobile workstation it'd have a higher cap than that. It is a little old I guess.

Personally I'd go with a new Thinkpad. MBPros are nice but the new ones are completely non-upgradable which is a real deal breaker. I've used a T500 for a little over 4 years now with nothing but more RAM, a new SSD, and a storage bay HDD.

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Re:Ask HN: Macbook Air + Remote Server = Macbook Pro? by justincormack on Sunday January 06, 2013 @12:49PM (#5016972)
The SATA interface won't make a significant difference. It does at the margin but not for normal use. If you are going to use remote servers why upgrade at all?
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Re:Ask HN: Macbook Air + Remote Server = Macbook Pro? by fHbjKlf6 on Sunday January 06, 2013 @01:04PM (#5017027)
Primarily because I want to move to OSX and I'm looking for something more portable than the beastly W500 (+- 30% heavier than rMBP)
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