Alternatives to expanding Storage on my Macbook Pro w/ Retina Display?

I am new to the Macintosh community, for I have owned a PC most of my life. That being said, I am really accustomed to having the option of upgrading the storage drives, beit a laptop or a desktop. When I purchased my Macbook Pro w/ Retina Display, I was fully aware that upgrades were very limited, but I had no idea that it was not compatable with traditional SSDs.
After some googling, I found OCW selling SSD chips made specifically for the MBPr, but they were not cheap by any means. I wanted to ask the Apple community and see if there are any good alternative options for expanding storage on a MBPr. Are there any external hardrives/SSDs that anyone can personally recommend? I have never used any external drives before, and I do not want to purchase a "bad" drive persay.
Thanks!

You can sometimes find larger capacity Retina 'daughter card' flash storage devices on eBay - but, like the OWC solution, they don't come cheap. So, as you've deduced, your best (yet not overly inexpensive, either) bet is a fast external drive. The fastest external drives would have Thunderbolt connections - I've two of LaCie's 2big Thunderbolt drives (one 4TB and one 8TB) and they're nice and fast, but not cheap.
If I were you, I would head over to MacMall and search for Thunderbolt drives: they come with a variety of option in a variety of storage space.
That's going to be your fastest solution, even if not highly portable.
Good luck,
Clinton

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