The original Mac had 128 kilobytes of memory and no hard disk drive.

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That's precisely what I paid in 1985 for my first Macintosh, with its small black-and-white screen, 512 kilobytes of memory and no hard disk.

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In addition, with no moving parts, the SSD is more durable than traditional hard disk drives and it consumes less power to help maximize battery life.

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It has no mechanical moving parts, it uses less than a hundredth the power of a hard disk, and it can be made very small.

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