Re: [sage-release] Re: Sage 10.8.beta1 released

[kcrisman]

It is also worth paying some attention to reality when it comes to the cost 
of disk storage.  The cheapest macBook Air model costs $900 and comes with 
a 256GB ssd.  Upgrading to 512GB costs $200 extra.  Users who are not 
willing to invalidate their warranty and are not mechanical geniuses cannot 
replace the ssd with a larger one by themselves.  So, for many students, 
the marginal cost of disk space is $800/TB. Most students will choose the 
256GB drive rather than pay $200 more.  Of course you can buy a decent 1TB 
portable ssd for less than $100, but no one wants to lug one of those 
around so they can plug it in when they need to run Sage.

- Marc

PS It does not help to tell them that they chose the wrong OS.

PPS Many students are using older computers with even smaller disks.


Thank you very much for this post. 

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