Back in November, I upgraded my laptop to a 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina. It’s the first time in many years that I’ve had a brand new machine with the latest technology. It’s been a wonderful upgrade for me, but I did make one large sacrifice – hard drive space. The model of MBP that I could afford was the model with the 128GB hard drive. For some, that’s plenty of space. But, for someone who takes many pictures and tests lots of different software, the hard drive space gets eaten up quickly. Even though I felt that I could compensate for the lack of hard drive space with various cloud storage and thumb drives, my fiancé found a better solution for me – the JetDrive Lite by Transcend.
Transcend, developer of various types of hard drive storage, obviously recognized this storage issue for Apple users, too, and released a special line of expansion storage to assist. The JetDrive Lite is apart of that line. It’s small, sleek and fits right in with the Apple design.
JetDrive Lite is designed to be seamless with the MacBook Pro Retina. It fits into your memory card slot, but sits flush with the edge of the computer. It adds the storage space you need without adding any bulk.
Installation of this little device is a breeze. You can plug it into your laptop and start using it out of the box. Since it’s 128GB of space, you can store thousands of photos or songs. Plus, the JetDrive is blazing fast. It’s built with the highest quality MLC flash and can read speeds up to 95MB/s and write speeds up to 60MB/s.
Perhaps one of the nicest features of the JetDrive Lite is that it’s tough. It’s life proof. The cards are manufactured using advanced COB technology, making them resistant to water, dust and shock. So no matter what your lifestyle is like, you can rest assured that your storage is safe and secure — even if it ends up in the mud.
Having the JetDrive as an ancillary hard drive has been a wonderful addition to my work flow. Even though it’s hearty enough to handle media files, I tend to keep documents only on it. One of the things I think is really cool about this device is that it is made specifically for Apple products.
If you need extra storage space that is nearly invisible, I can highly recommend JetDrive Lite by Transcend.
"This product was received at a free or discounted price in exchange for my review. I am a technology journalist and pride myself on providing fair and honest reviews. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have."
| Color | Grey |
|---|---|
| Special Feature | water_proof |
| Read Speed | 95 Megabytes Per Second |
| Item Weight | 18 Grams |
| Hardware Interface | USB 3.0 |
| RAM | 64 GB |
| Hard Drive | 1 TB |
