Not one of these, 2013+ Retina MacBook Pro don't use the M.2 standard. It's possible for someone to make a custom SSD, as OWC will be making for the Mac Pro, but it's quite costly. :(
SSDs that Transcend offers are SATA drives, unlike the SSDs in mid-2013 MacBook air/retina which are PCI-Express drives. These are compatible with MacBook air 2012/2011/2010 and MacBook Pro retina early 2013/2012 as you can see in the compatibility table.
There are no aftermarket upgrade options for PCI-Express MacBook SSDs right now. OWC has said it would provide such options but has yet to deliver (though the fact that MacPro SSDs are available is good news): http://www.anandtech.com/show/7673/owc-to-bring-af...
There are finally adapters to allow mSATA and SATA M.2 drives to be used in the mid-2012 and early-2013 rMBPs. Nothing for PCIe rMBPs, yet. Here is to hoping it won't take another year.
I ordered on Amazon, they also sell on ebay. It looks like the same stuff is available under the "sintech" brand. Looks like they are also available on AliExpress, if that is an option for you.
Screw it, why did I wait for this drive? Purchased a ASRock Z97 Extreme9 so I could get all the bandwidth and now they don't bring out an NVMe version. Why wouldn't that work? Is there a hardware requirement? I think you only need Windows 8.1?
Seriously, all SATA SSD improvements are marginal, nothing revolutionarily groundbreaking. Unless NVMe PCIe SSDs becomes more affordable, I won't upgrade from my current SSD.
Soooo the idea of sticking with planar NAND over 3D-V for 'reliability' purposes, because the technology is better known is horseshit. 3D NAND is SIGNIFICANTLY more reliable than planar at the same densities for reasons beyond the scope of a comment, but indicated by the MTFs of the various client/pro SSDs on the market.
I don't know, it's new so it can be proven to be reliable yet. Even if the cells themselves are reliable the products in total may not be, especially across vendors. I think the Apple 6 VNAND debacle must be resonating through the supplier channels.
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yik3000 - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
Is it possible to fit one of these in retina macbook pro...i am just wondering if there's any aftermarket option for replacing pcie ssds in rmbpr3loaded - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
Nope, the rMBP uses a custom connector instead of M.2. Maybe OWC will have aftermarket upgrades available but I know nothing beyond that.jeffkibuule - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
Not one of these, 2013+ Retina MacBook Pro don't use the M.2 standard. It's possible for someone to make a custom SSD, as OWC will be making for the Mac Pro, but it's quite costly. :(xype - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
Well, there is this http://www.transcend-info.com/apple/jetdrive/ (Amazon carries it, at least in the EU)val1984 - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
SSDs that Transcend offers are SATA drives, unlike the SSDs in mid-2013 MacBook air/retina which are PCI-Express drives. These are compatible with MacBook air 2012/2011/2010 and MacBook Pro retina early 2013/2012 as you can see in the compatibility table.There are no aftermarket upgrade options for PCI-Express MacBook SSDs right now. OWC has said it would provide such options but has yet to deliver (though the fact that MacPro SSDs are available is good news):
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7673/owc-to-bring-af...
easp - Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - link
There are finally adapters to allow mSATA and SATA M.2 drives to be used in the mid-2012 and early-2013 rMBPs. Nothing for PCIe rMBPs, yet. Here is to hoping it won't take another year.I just found (and ordered) one of these mSATA adapters last night: http://www.microsatacables.com/msata-to-macbook-pr...
For M.2: http://www.microsatacables.com/ngff-ssd-to-2012-ma...
I ordered on Amazon, they also sell on ebay. It looks like the same stuff is available under the "sintech" brand. Looks like they are also available on AliExpress, if that is an option for you.
Galatian - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
Screw it, why did I wait for this drive? Purchased a ASRock Z97 Extreme9 so I could get all the bandwidth and now they don't bring out an NVMe version. Why wouldn't that work? Is there a hardware requirement? I think you only need Windows 8.1?Hung_Low - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
Seriously, all SATA SSD improvements are marginal, nothing revolutionarily groundbreaking. Unless NVMe PCIe SSDs becomes more affordable, I won't upgrade from my current SSD.kenshinco - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
Sm951 is faster than xp941 but not as rated 2150/1150mb/s read/write. Too bad it is not Nvme. So it was a waste of time waiting for it.Troff - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
What is the problem with the design of broadwell wrt NVMe?mobutu - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
Such a shame for not supporting NVMe :(Oh well, then I suppose I wont upgrade until Skylake ...
blaktron - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
Soooo the idea of sticking with planar NAND over 3D-V for 'reliability' purposes, because the technology is better known is horseshit. 3D NAND is SIGNIFICANTLY more reliable than planar at the same densities for reasons beyond the scope of a comment, but indicated by the MTFs of the various client/pro SSDs on the market.kwrzesien - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
I don't know, it's new so it can be proven to be reliable yet. Even if the cells themselves are reliable the products in total may not be, especially across vendors. I think the Apple 6 VNAND debacle must be resonating through the supplier channels.kwrzesien - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
*can't* - for the love of god why isn't there an edit option!DPOverLord - Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - link
So basically if I have a rive black and two Samsung 840 pros there is no benefit in switching out.