Hard or flash drives?

[hislip33]

I'm confused between the 4gb MacBook air with the new flash state drives or the MacBook pro with a normal hard drive. Is flash drive a newer and better thing or is it safe to buy a standard hard drive ( macbookpro) just trying to stay ahead of the game I guess. Thank you

 

[Kevriano]

Newer and faster, much faster access time in fact, but currently limited in size and expensive.
Hard drives are still the better otion for the next year or so I reckon.

 

[hislip33]

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Thanks for the feed back although what ever I get it has to last me 4-5 years so do I get the new stuff or stay with regular hard drives?

 

[foxj66]

buy the regular and upgrade to a SSD down the road.

 

[Kevriano]

Yep, go with the biggest HD option you can afford. Upgrading later will be an option for sure, by which time prices will have come down considerably.

 

[TomNJ]

I bought the MBA 13 a few weeks back and although I don't regret it, you do pay a STEEP premium on flash right now. I "had to have" the MBA due to form factor considerations and I really liked the screen.

It is FAST compared to mechanical drives. But others commenting are right, if you have 4 year time horizon and don't mind the "bulk" of the Pro line, go ahead with a Pro and switch to solid state later.

I've read prices are supposed to drop dramatically on solid sate in late 2012 timeframe.