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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://aoir.social/users/aram/statuses/115979324709408390">Aram Sinnreich (aram@aoir.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Jan-2026 02:34:02 JST</a><a href="https://aoir.social/@aram" title="aram@aoir.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/112979-48-20241027014654.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Aram Sinnreich" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Aram Sinnreich</a></section><article><p>It’s bonkers that MacBook Pros are still shipping with 0.5 or 1TB of storage, unchanged for years, even though:</p><p>1) storage prices have 📉 precipitously (AI bump notwithstanding)</p><p>2) MacOS has gotten bloatier and bloatier</p><p>3) file sizes keep 📈, esp photos/vids</p><p>Where do folks store their photo libs?</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6105386#notice-12024039">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-01-30T02:34:02+09:00" title="Friday, 30-Jan-2026 02:34:02 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://aoir.social/@aram/115979324709408390" rel="external" title="Sent from aoir.social via ActivityPub">aoir.social</a></span></span><a href="https://aoir.social/@aram/115979324709408390">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5735023">screenshot from Apple.com showing that all new Macbook Pros ship with 1TB or 512GB of storage by default</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/aoirsocial/media_attachments/files/115/979/323/952/842/760/original/84b4cf71e1e5a391.png" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/aoirsocial/media_attachments/files/115/979/323/952/842/760/original/84b4cf71e1e5a391.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Aram Sinnreich (aram@aoir.social)'s status on Friday, 30-Jan-2026 02:34:02 JST Aram Sinnreich
It’s bonkers that MacBook Pros are still shipping with 0.5 or 1TB of storage, unchanged for years, even though:
1) storage prices have 📉 precipitously (AI bump notwithstanding)
2) MacOS has gotten bloatier and bloatier
3) file sizes keep 📈, esp photos/vids
Where do folks store their photo libs?
In conversationabout 2 months ago from aoir.socialpermalink
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