I just can't justify a ton of built-in storage anymore, especially in a MacBook, as Apple just wants to stick it to you when you want expansive storage. System76's offerings for Linux based systems (whether you want to use their version or not) allows for options but then you are no longer in the Apple environment unless you want to try and build a hackintosh using opencore or something similar. For my personal MBP, an older 13 inch unit with no touch bar, I have a 4TB external SSD that I carry with me with the VMs, source, and such that I feel I might need. That gets synced with the network in my office when I attach to it so that things remain with some level of stasis and I can work from whichever machine I decide to use that day.
I am looking at the new Darter Pro from System76 to become my main portable machine and it allows for 2 2TB NVMe drives, provided you are willing to pay the freight. Still not sure that I need that much built-in storage. Now I really just have to get my CFO on board with the purchase. You can check this machine out here: https://system76.com/laptops/darter ----------------------------- Michael Oke, II oke...@gmail.com 661-349-6221 ----------------------------- On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 12:17 PM Eric Selje <e...@saltydogllc.com> wrote: > I could see that. I'm in constant awe of the different use cases people > have for their machines. e.g. I used to keep a *ton* of my code on my > local machine now, but I've moved it all to GitHub or BitBucket and only > have what I'm currently working on stored locally. All of my photos, > music, and videos are on my Synology (as well as local backups). VMs are > in AWS, etc. My local storage needs have greatly diminished in the last few > years. > > E > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 12:45 PM Christof Wollenhaupt < > chris...@wollenhaupt.org> wrote: > > > Hi Eric, > > > > > Why do you need 4TB of local storage? I'm doing as much as I can to go > > the > > > other way now - keeping as much as possible on my Synology NAS so I can > > > access it from any device. That may be your constraint. > > > > We have like a half a dozen Synologies in various offices in different > > sizes. None of them would meet Ken's "must be portable" requirement. <g> > > The other issue with Synologies is that in terms of data transfer it's > hard > > to exceed 100 MB/second and the network adds extra latency, as does the > SMB > > protocol. My external SSD connected to USB-C maintains 240 MB/sec and the > > internal one is a lot faster than that. > > > > We tried TimeMachine backups on the Synology and storing our VMs there, > > but it was just too slow and buggy. We now use SSDs for TimeMachine and a > > lot of problems have disappeared. > > > > I've 2 TB of storage, but constantly get error messages because I run out > > of disk space. I've moved rarely used VMs to an external disk, even > though > > I don't like that. I guess videos need a similar amount of storage. > > > > -- > > Christof > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > > multipart/alternative > > text/plain (text body -- kept) > > text/html > > --- > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/CACBEV=X6QMyr5=+vav8+xuxhqjh6o5zdnnonv29tmros_m5...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
