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2011 Mba Owners, share your ssd model and display model here

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I must be unlucky. I got the MacBook Air 11 and it has the Toshiba 128gb SSD and LG Philips display.. :/
 
runtohell121 said:
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I must be unlucky. I got the MacBook Air 11 and it has the Toshiba 128gb SSD and LG Philips display.. :/
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Me too... I'm going to call AppleCare tomorrow and see if they can just replace the SSD instead of the entire unit for me. I hate playing this lottery.
 
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runtohell121 said:
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I must be unlucky. I got the MacBook Air 11 and it has the Toshiba 128gb SSD and LG Philips display.. :/
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Me too... I'm going to call AppleCare tomorrow and see if they can just replace the SSD instead of the entire unit for me. I hate playing this lottery.
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Let me know if that is successful. I just want a Samsung SSD instead of the Toshiba SSD.
 
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Let me know if that is successful. I just want a Samsung SSD instead of the Toshiba SSD.
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I highly doubt they will send you just the SSD. After all they don't want you to open the MBA or else they wouldn't have put these type of screws in there.
 
Apple Expert said:
I highly doubt they will send you just the SSD. After all they don't want you to open the MBA or else they wouldn't have put these type of screws in there.
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I'd bring it in for an SSD exchange. It's either that or exchange my whole unit and I'll try the lottery again. Their choice IMO.
 
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tbobmccoy said:
I'd bring it in for an SSD exchange. It's either that or exchange my whole unit and I'll try the lottery again. Their choice IMO.
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They will make you return it. People tried the same with the 2010 machines when the lottery was discovered. If you return it, you'll have better odds buying from a different place/method the 2nd time to try and ensure you are on a different distribution stack.
 
I have a couple of probably really naive questions:

How can this happen to a company of this size, that a flaw of this magnitude (two SSD's with vastly different I/O speeds, two displays with different viewing angles) could have sneaked in the final product without anybody noticing?

Were they not aware of it and counted on enough people not hearing or caring about it?

How often can one return a Macbook Air in search for the right SSD/display combo?
 
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So I see the theoretical speed difference, but what about real world differences? If I'm encoding a video, am I going to see a 1-5 sec difference on a 1-2min clip or am I going to see like a 30-60sec difference?
 
drewyboy said:
So I see the theoretical speed difference, but what about real world differences? If I'm encoding a video, am I going to see a 1-5 sec difference on a 1-2min clip or am I going to see like a 30-60sec difference?
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Im curious about this as well because i plan to use fcp with it quite a bit. If its not a noticable difference then i dont care so much. Also the screen is way more superficial to me (unless it means dead pixels), i love my LG TV.
 
To those who see this as a flaw, remember that apple and their respective factories work with what they have, if they had chosen to stick to one supplier, there would be a shortage of everything. In the end, this doesn't really effect %99 of the consumer base as they don't care/know any better and probably wouldn't know if you handed them two of the units to pick the faster one. By returning said units you contribute to price hikes.
 
13" i5 4gb 256ssd

Display: LTH133BT01A03

SSD: SM256C

but thinking about returning it to get the i7, don't know if its with it to do so.
 
Is the screen any brighter on the 2011 13" MBA? I thought the 2010 screen was quite dim, especially compared to my 2010 13" MBP.
 
My opinion is that when the tsunami occurred in japan couple of months ago I heard it affected the Toshiba factories in Sendai.
I reckon Apple quickly made a deal with Samsung to sustain the supply of SSD modules so that it won't delay their new macbook air release date.

So Apple has a deal with Toshiba but since they can't supply enough SSD modules as requested they are using SSDs from Samsung.

Maybe apple thought that it would be better to keep it random rather than having the faster SSD on 13" and slower SSD on 11"
Maybe the main reason to not go with this method is that Toshiba may not be able to cope with the 11" demand.

Also 11" doesn't mean that it's a lesser product than 13" unlike imacs where the bigger the better.
 
I have the 13" i5 128Gb version, bought yesterday.

Model: APPLE SSD SM128C
Revision: AXM09A1Q
Screen : LP133WP1-TJA3

Updated onto Google form :)
 
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lvrzhn said:
I have a couple of probably really naive questions:

How can this happen to a company of this size, that a flaw of this magnitude (two SSD's with vastly different I/O speeds, two displays with different viewing angles) could have sneaked in the final product without anybody noticing?

Were they not aware of it and counted on enough people not hearing or caring about it?

How often can one return a Macbook Air in search for the right SSD/display combo?
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I think people need to keep things in perspective. It isn't as if the Toshiba SSD or the Phillips display are "flawed." They both are within the specifications that Apple advertises. I had the Toshiba SSD on my Rev D and it was fine. Outside a benchmark, I can't tell the difference. Similarly, my initial Rev D had the 9CDF display, but my replacement (after a warranty repair) had the "lesser" display. I didn't really notice much difference, if any. It isn't as if they are advertising a 128GB SSD and some of us are getting 120GB and others 200GB.

Apple uses multiple suppliers, which is smart. It keeps their costs under control, and enables them to react to factors, such as the tsunami, or their IP dispute with Samsung, without disrupting supplies. As long as the parts are within spec, I'm fine with what parts go into mine.
 
Anyone feel the 13" LG display could have more contrast?

I've used a couple of the last gen airs and always remember the display looked great but this one leaves something to be desired, particularly at low backlight levels, anyone else?
 
pinktank said:
To those who see this as a flaw, remember that apple and their respective factories work with what they have, if they had chosen to stick to one supplier, there would be a shortage of everything. In the end, this doesn't really effect %99 of the consumer base as they don't care/know any better and probably wouldn't know if you handed them two of the units to pick the faster one. By returning said units you contribute to price hikes.
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This.

To add on - mine has the Toshiba SSD and my co-worker's has the Samsung.

I played on both for about an hour yesterday. There was no noticeable difference in installing applications, launching applications, starting the machine, transferring files, etc. I don't see what the fuss is about other than tests that say one is faster than the other? ;)
 
GaresTaylan said:
I played on both for about an hour yesterday. There was no noticeable difference in installing applications, launching applications, starting the machine, transferring files, etc. I don't see what the fuss is about other than tests that say one is faster than the other? ;)
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Totally true. I've had the 11" with Toshiba and 13" with Samsung.

I never noticed any difference until I ran some benchmarks.
 
GaresTaylan said:
This.

To add on - mine has the Toshiba SSD and my co-worker's has the Samsung.

I played on both for about an hour yesterday. There was no noticeable difference in installing applications, launching applications, starting the machine, transferring files, etc. I don't see what the fuss is about other than tests that say one is faster than the other? ;)
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Alright, I've been convinced. I won't trade it in; I'll just be super wary of any AppleCare need to get the SSD replaced :D Given the rock solid nature of the beasts though, I doubt that'll happen.
 
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