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What does pcle based flash storage mean

Hi


i am looking to buy the MacBook Air instead of the iPad but I do not know what 128 gb pcle flash based storage means can anybody tell me please.

also what should I get the mac air or iPad Air ?

i Do not know much about apple but love their products.

many thanks

tracey

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)

Posted on Aug 12, 2014 7:53 AM

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Posted on Aug 12, 2014 8:24 AM

PCIe, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard that is more efficient than prior ones. Foe technical details, refer to thsi article:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express


Traceykate wrote:


i am looking to buy the MacBook Air instead of the iPad but I do not know what 128 gb pcle flash based storage means can anybody tell me please.


!28 GB refers to the capacity of the internal storage. It indicates how much data can be stored on that SSD drive.


also what should I get the mac air or iPad Air ?

Not knowing your needs and preferences, I cannot give you any meaningful advice. They both have their virtues and limitations. The MBA is more powerful and is a true notebook computer. The iPad is very compact and will be less powerful that the MBA and smaller, but also at less cost. The best option is to go to an Apple store and look at both.


Ciao.

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Aug 12, 2014 8:24 AM in response to Traceykate

PCIe, is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard that is more efficient than prior ones. Foe technical details, refer to thsi article:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express


Traceykate wrote:


i am looking to buy the MacBook Air instead of the iPad but I do not know what 128 gb pcle flash based storage means can anybody tell me please.


!28 GB refers to the capacity of the internal storage. It indicates how much data can be stored on that SSD drive.


also what should I get the mac air or iPad Air ?

Not knowing your needs and preferences, I cannot give you any meaningful advice. They both have their virtues and limitations. The MBA is more powerful and is a true notebook computer. The iPad is very compact and will be less powerful that the MBA and smaller, but also at less cost. The best option is to go to an Apple store and look at both.


Ciao.

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Aug 12, 2014 9:44 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

Hi sweet


thanks you very much for the info. i have an iPad 2 and want to upgrade I was going to get the iPad Air but noticed the MacBook Air, what I was thinking was if I have the macbook I can do my own downloading and connect anything I want to it as we also have the MacBook Pro the large screen size and we love it but I take it off the hubby to do my downloading or watching a blue ray with the external player, but also the memory is bigger on the MacBook so that was my thinking. You can do more with the MacBook than the iPad. I think I have just answered my own question lol.😊.


thanks very much for the info.

cheers x 🙂

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