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2011 Mba Owners, share your ssd model and display model here
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Picked up a 13" Core 1.8GHz Core i7 256GB MBA from the Burlington Mall Apple Store in MA during the tax holiday. It had Samsung drive and display.
The display got scratched from the trackpad (long story) so I had it exchanged at the Boylston Street Apple Store in MA a week ago; same 13" i7 MBA model, and again Samsung drive and display.
Did I just get lucky and receive two unicorns? Or are all 13" i7 models sold with Samsung SSD and display?
The display got scratched from the trackpad (long story) so I had it exchanged at the Boylston Street Apple Store in MA a week ago; same 13" i7 MBA model, and again Samsung drive and display.
Did I just get lucky and receive two unicorns? Or are all 13" i7 models sold with Samsung SSD and display?
As far as I can see the most MacBooks coming now are both Samsung/Samsung, at least from what I can read here
Just bought mine a few days ago.. The ssd is samsung (yay!) while the screen is LG.. but honestly I'm happy with the screen, no complaints. I consider myself lucky since a few I checked in the store here in Jakarta all have toshiba ssd..
Lovin the new air! mine is 13 inch base model btw..
Lovin the new air! mine is 13 inch base model btw..
I did get the LG screen but Samsung SSD. It's lightening fast, which put me off taking it back because at first I couldn't get used to the screen. Now I have though, so it's probably not going back. I've checked, barely any difference between LG and Samsung screen guys, so stop worrying.
Agreed. I'd bet good money, that side by side, users couldn't tell which is which screen wise. It the command line ID that has people in a tizzy. If only users would just use these and not look for *****, they'd be very happy.
Can Someone please help me walk thru and find my sdd and display model? Page 1 direction didnt help me i went to
about this mac > More info...>
Then where do i go from there? thanks
about this mac > More info...>
Then where do i go from there? thanks
I could tell by the text smoothing of your post that you have the superior SSD and screen. Your good. Enjoy your machine.
I didn't check my 11" MBA's screen and ssd until now, both Samsung. But I'm thinking of exchanging it for a 13" instead, kind of on the fence. Should I keep it since it's got Samsung for both screen and ssd? (semi-serious.. maybe)
(semi-serious.. maybe)
Finally got round to checking the missus' laptop.
It's LP116WH4-TJA3 (LG-Phillips screen) and a Toshiba SSD in the upspec 11".
It's LP116WH4-TJA3 (LG-Phillips screen) and a Toshiba SSD in the upspec 11".
I'll Play
Already used the google form, but here it is for my 13"/i5/128G
SM128C, LP133WP1-TJA3
Guess I got lucky with the samsung
Already used the google form, but here it is for my 13"/i5/128G
SM128C, LP133WP1-TJA3
Guess I got lucky with the samsung
I didn't check my 11" MBA's screen and ssd until now, both Samsung. But I'm thinking of exchanging it for a 13" instead, kind of on the fence. Should I keep it since it's got Samsung for both screen and ssd?
Well, if you get a 13" and it has the LG screen, it will be totally unusable. So you may want to factor that into your decision.
I doubt this comment, it depends on whether you have calibrated the LG screen or not!!! LG screen is not bad out of the box, but it will be far much better if you calibrate it, like what I do with my MBA ~~~ Stop telling that bullshXt please !
It seems to me that most of the 13 inch ultimates are samsung/samsung. It also appears that the 11 inch models have a 50/50 mix of samsung and LG displays.
As anandtech has discovered due to testing the 11 inch models, the displays are incredibly similar to each other, and each has its own pros and cons (better color and contrast with LG, better viewing angles and brightness with samsung).
As anandtech has discovered due to testing the 11 inch models, the displays are incredibly similar to each other, and each has its own pros and cons (better color and contrast with LG, better viewing angles and brightness with samsung).
Base 13" model with Samsung display and Toshiba SSD. Looks good and works good, so no complaints from me. Samsung drives are faster in some tests due to the NCQ, but it's an SSD so the difference isn't really going to make that much of an impact. It'll still tear through whatever you throw at it.
Now if these were enterprise servers.. then yea I'd be bitching up a storm right about now
Exactly. Got my 13" 2011 model and it has the Toshiba SSD. Everything loads instantly or just about. It's fine.
Benchmarks make things look out of proportion. Example: Numbers is a 200 MB app. The Toshiba SSD reads 200MB per second. So loading it will take 1 second, versus 0.8 seconds with the samsung that's 20% faster. Can you tell the difference between 2 tenths of a second in normal everyday use? No.
And once something is loaded to memory, the point is moot anyway. So on the second time you launch Numbers, it will load the same on both anyway.
Just enjoy what you have. It could be worse, this could be 1998 and you could be using a Dell.