Reviews of the M2 MacBook Air are now available. While journalists and influencers praised it, there is a concern about this new product. Like the MacBook Pro M2, Apple offers a slower SSD in the base model configuration, which you should consider.
As previously reported 9to5Mac, the MacBook Pro M2 offers a slower SSD to the base model. While the MacBook Pro M1 and MacBook Air M1 have two 128GB NAND chips each in their 256GB version, the MacBook Pro M2, and now the MacBook Air M2, has a single 256GB NAND chip. In the first case, Mac M1s can reach faster speeds in parallel, while the second does not achieve the same SSD speeds as it only has a single SSD.
As Filipe Espósito of 9to5Mac pointed out, “having a slower SSD increases the time it takes to load applications and transfer files. Of course, the SSD of the incoming MacBook Pro M2 is quite fast, but slowing down by a whopping 50 % Compared to the previous model seems unfair to the consumers.
Here are the results of one of the benchmark tests conducted by the Max Tech YouTube channel:
- MacBook Pro M1: 2900 MB / s (read speed) and 2215 MB / s (write speed)
- MacBook Pro M2: 1446 MB / s (read speed) and 1463 MB / s (write speed)
In The Verge, Apple spokeswoman Michelle Del Rio made the following statement on the matter:
Thanks to the performance increases of the M2, the new MacBook Air and the 13-inch MacBook Pro are incredibly fast, even compared to Mac laptops with the powerful M1 chip. These new systems use a new higher density NAND that offers 256GB of storage using a single chip. While the benchmarks of the 256GB SSD may show a difference compared to the previous generation, the performance of these M2-based systems for real-world activities is even faster.
With that in mind, the recommendation would be to get the $ 1,500 version with 512GB of storage. In the long run, it is also worth upgrading the machine from 8GB of RAM to 16GB.
What do you think Apple is changing the way it handles storage with the MacBook Air M2 and MacBook Pro? Are you okay with that? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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