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crwdns2933797:0Elizabeth Chamberlaincrwdnd2933797:0Kho 19, 2012crwdne2933797:0

	[* black] Standard Phillips screws make the 500 GB Toshiba hard drive user serviceable for any upgrades you may need after you decide to start [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_image_format\|shooting RAW].
	[* black] 2.5" profile and a spinning platter? This hard drive is ~~old news~~ still perfectly good for most users' needs.
-	[* icon_note] We were curious about Apple's choice ~~for using~~ a proprietary SSD in the MacBook Pro with Retina display rather than the standard 2.5" SATA drive. Disregarding the speed difference—after all, [http://www.crucial.com/store/ssd.aspx\|SSDs have been around for a while]— the choice ~~for~~ the proprietary SSD is motivated by size.
+	[* icon_note] We were curious about Apple's choice to use a proprietary SSD in the MacBook Pro with Retina display rather than the standard 2.5" SATA drive. Disregarding the speed difference—after all, [http://www.crucial.com/store/ssd.aspx\|SSDs have been around for a while]—the choice of the proprietary SSD is motivated by size.
	[* black] The 2.5" SATA drive in this MacBook Pro is almost three times thicker than the propietary SSD in the MacBook Pro with Retina display: 9.45 mm compared to 3.16 mm, respectively.

	[* black] Standard Phillips screws make the 500 GB Toshiba hard drive user serviceable for any upgrades you may need after you decide to start [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_image_format\|shooting RAW].
	[* black] 2.5" profile and a spinning platter? This hard drive is ~~old news~~ still perfectly good for most users' needs.
-	[* icon_note] We were curious about Apple's choice ~~for using~~ a proprietary SSD in the MacBook Pro with Retina display rather than the standard 2.5" SATA drive. Disregarding the speed difference—after all, [http://www.crucial.com/store/ssd.aspx\|SSDs have been around for a while]— the choice ~~for~~ the proprietary SSD is motivated by size.
+	[* icon_note] We were curious about Apple's choice to use a proprietary SSD in the MacBook Pro with Retina display rather than the standard 2.5" SATA drive. Disregarding the speed difference—after all, [http://www.crucial.com/store/ssd.aspx\|SSDs have been around for a while]—the choice of the proprietary SSD is motivated by size.
	[* black] The 2.5" SATA drive in this MacBook Pro is almost three times thicker than the propietary SSD in the MacBook Pro with Retina display: 9.45 mm compared to 3.16 mm, respectively.