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Internal Storage Expansion
Customers have positive feedback regarding the JetDrive's internal storage expansion capabilities, with some expressing satisfaction after upgrading their MacBooks and experiencing improved performance. However, a few customers mention that there are now cheaper alternatives for SATA-based flash storage, such as M.2/NGFF adapters and standard M.2 SATA flash modules.

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Quality
Here are the pros and cons i've come up with after a few months of use:pros:- very easy to install, takes less than 5 minutes- ... Read More
2 sata flash modules, these are important factors to take into account when weighing one's options.
After a few months i began having to remove photos, music, and other data and applications.
I'm only using ~162 gb of the 383 gb on the first partition while the other 95gb on the second partition is completely unused and empty.
Price
I was miffed to say the least, having spent over $4000.
Imagine my reaction when less than two months later they slashed the price by $200 for the 128gb ssd model.
There was a link to amazon, and they had the best price i also ordered the special tools needed to crack the case and remove the old drive.
Shipping
Transcend customer service was very timely and courteous and replaced my drive right away after i wrote my initial 2 star review.
I ordered and received this the next day.
Competitiveness
Since there are now cheaper, alternative solutions for macbooks with sata-based flash storage, such as m.
Finally, i'll mention that i bought the 720 model instead of the 725 even though i have a 15" rmbp.
Given the fact that apple uses the *same* oem part #s for ssds between the 13" and 15" models from 2012 through early 2013, tha... Read More
As other reviewers here point out, it turns out that transcend originally also only offered one part for both 13" and 15" model... Read More
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- How are reviewers describing this item?
new, external, pro, trim and internal. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 437 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 28 2025.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I do a lot of video editing and was thinking about picking up a tb external firewire ssd to help with ontheroad editing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Average 400mbs write and 450mbs read
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Super fast i use for fcpx projects with no issue and super portablecons my wake from sleep time is now about 5 seconds apple oem drive was 1 second boot time is now about 45 seconds oem drive was about 15update 8114i did a clean install of the os and migrated my data back from a time machine backup and all is right with the world
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Something must have gone wrong with permissions or what not with the copy transfer
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is the first time ive done that type of migration
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When i bought my 13 inch macbook pro retina in december of 2012 it had barely been on the market for two months
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Imagine my reaction when less than two months later they slashed the price by 200 for the 128gb ssd model
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Furthermore i immediately realized that the 128gb ssd was not going to be able to accommodate my storage needs for the long term
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