Transcends new JetDriveadds storage to the new M1 MacBook Pros just by slipping into the SD card slot.

These two options are far from equivalent.

Both have advantages and disadvantages.

Closeup of a hand inserting a Transcend JetDrive memory card into a laptop computer.

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But it is also slow.

But its still a plain SD card.

The JetDrive manages just 95/75 MB/s for read/write.

A closeup on the Transcend JetDrive inserted into a computer.

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But perhaps that’s the wrong way to think about these expansions.

There are several types of personal files on our computers.

And the JetDrive can do this while remaining invisible.

It wont help if you lose the computer, but it will help if anything else happens.

Another use is a kind of cold storage for files.

Say youre a musician, and you make lots of amazing songs.

Depending on your tolerance level for untidiness, though, theres an even better and even cheaper option.

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