difference between flash storage and hard drive

Yes - 1GB on a hard drive is the same as 1GB on a SSD/flash drive. In the newer Retina machines, the flash drive is not in any sort of 'casing' as SSD drives usually are, but they work on the same technology.

Flash drives/SSDs are extremely fast - and in the newest Retinas, with the flash storage on the PCIe bus, they're just about as fast as it gets - particularly the 1 TB models.

I don't have a Retina machine but I've had SSDs in my 2011 model almost since I had it. I would be very reluctant to go back to a spinning platter hard drive!

Clinton

Hard Disk Drive has a spinning disk to record data

Solid State Drive storage data in flash storage

The HDD has moving parts which means it is slow and subject to failure

The SSD is flash storage so no moving parts, much faster

Allan

Only with the packaging and connections. A 'standard' SSD is in a form factor of a 2.5" x 7-9.5mm 'box' with a SATA connection whilst Apple's latest flash storage devices are more like daughter cards that are connected through the PCIe bus (making the flash storage in the newer Retina models a bit faster than the old SATA connector).

Clinton

MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), OS Mavericks 10.9.4, 16GB Crucial RAM, Crucial M500 960GB SSD, 27” Apple Thunderbolt Display

Ooohh..ok

Thank you for the help.

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latest flash storage devices are more like daughter cards that are

connected through the PCIe bus (making the flash storage in the newer

Retina models a bit faster than the old SATA connector).

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Yes

So there is no difference between a SSD and a flash drive?!