[Viper007Bond]

Apple makes some nice hardware but they are not alone in making good stuff. They have some stiff competition.

For example my Sony Vaio Pro is significantly faster than any of the numbers mentioned in the article. It gets nearly 1GB/sec in read speeds: http://i.imgur.com/24GdPiz.png

The drive is partitioned so ignore the odd size.

[huxley]

They won't get much stiff competition from Sony:

http://www.cnet.com/news/sony-agrees-to-sell-pc-business-rev...

[Viper007Bond]

Going forward, no, but they did in the past and others will step in to fill those shoes. I hear ASUS makes some good stuff currently.

[SG-]

The thing is, you don't need 1GB/sec for an 11-13" laptop.

[edandersen]

This comment is so bad it was featured on @shit_hn_says: https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says/status/462524610844442626

[sergiosgc]

Why would someone in this day and age say something like ”X is enough” when talking about tech? Is that a wish to be featured alongside Bill Gates?

(yes, I know Gates' quote is apocryphal)

[seunosewa]

You can do much worse than being featured alongside Bill gates!

[CSDude]

Why? I boot VMs and 1 GB/sec makes it happen in 5 seconds