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BlueTemplar
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The few remaining uses of the name “Macintosh”
Silicon, SSD are transistor-based storage. :P
ekianjo
on Jan 15, 2020
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For the end user a SSD drive is just a black box made of plastic - and that's if they have ever seen it.
bluedino
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On a Mac they are just chips on a board...
ken
on Jan 15, 2020
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An integrated circuit is also "just a black box made of plastic".
BlueTemplar
on Jan 16, 2020
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You mean "green plate" ?
BlueTemplar
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You think they have seen many HDDs? Especially inside?
ekianjo
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Does not matter. Most people have not seen a floppy disk for 15 years at least, but they still understand what it means when they see it ("save as..."). Familiarity.
BlueTemplar
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Exactly !
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