Apple's all-flash MacBook Pro, iCloud drive industry changes

11.06.2012

"Essentially," Reichmann continued, "Apple is a vendor of SSDs with lots of shiny packaging around it. Really what they're selling you is a place to put your music, photos, and emails with dramatically improved performance."

Despite an uptick by competitors this year, Apple will continue to dominate tablet NAND purchasing in 2012, with a 72% share of flash gigabyte shipments. By 2015, Apple will continue to account for a majority of tablet NAND purchasing, according to IHS iSuppli.

Apple's of Israel-based solid-state drive (SSD) manufacturer Anobit Technologies will give the company a significant technological boost in the mobile market, and is likely to yield huge cost savings.

According to Reichmann, Apple's iCloud service is among the top three highest capacity cloud services, along with the Amazon's S3 and Microsoft's Azure cloud services.

Other Windows-based laptop manufacturers will likely be forced to follow suit and begin offering all-SSD machines with access to native cloud services, Reichmann said.