Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air comes with a familiar problem that proves Apple still hasn’t learned from its past mistakes. Despite halving the SSD speed, the M2 13-inch MacBook Air tested by
Storage info for each MacBook Air — details on speed, dimensions, and hard drive and SSD interface specifics — is listed below along with common identifiers suitable to identify a MacBook Air in order to determine which hard drives and SSDs are compatible.
May 15, 2021. 4. 1. Aug 14, 2022. #1. I have read that the 256GB MacBook Air has a slower SSD speed than units with a higher storage capacity. I am about to order a MacBook Air. I am selecting the upgraded GPU with 10 cores and 16GB RAM. I am unsure as to whether or not to upgrade the storage to 512GB or save the money.
It’s worth calling out the 2023 M2 Mac mini’s 256GB configuration, too: Apple used a single SSD chip, halving performance to closer to 1.5GBps compared to the 512GB model and other similar
So I've finally decided to upgrade to an M2 MacBook Air from a 8gb 128gb ssd 2015 13 inch MacBook Pro but now I'm unsure of which configuration. For my needs (web browsing, word, google docs, streaming) I would totally be fine with the base model but one thing that is putting me off is the slower 256gb storage.
3,993. Oct 27, 2021. #8. Templex said: max theoretical transfer speed for that would be 640 MB/s. Max theoretical is 500 MB/s since USB 3.0 is 4 Gbps (5 Gbps x 8b/10b encoding) but your point remains the same. However, USB link rate was only one of the problems mentioned in that linked thread about the USB of the first M1 Macs.
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