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2011 Mba Owners, share your ssd model and display model here
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check on harddrivebenchmark.net
that's the site of the passmark software which is fed by the results the users are measuring. look for "apple ssd" and then sm...c or ts...c
by the way it would be great if someone with the sm256c could post the
xbench results to compare to the toshiba results few posts up
Perhaps somebody would be willing to put together the Model, SSD, Screen and SERIAL NUMBER in a spreadsheet? Then if you sort the list by Serial # we'll be able to see if the difference in hardware corresponds to different production batches.
We might be able to figure out what screen and SSD the computer will come equipped by just by looking at the serial number on the box.
We might be able to figure out what screen and SSD the computer will come equipped by just by looking at the serial number on the box.
Why, because someone on teh interwebz says so?
People should run a common set of disk benchmarks to determine whether or not there are actual differences and how much they vary.
Let me just interject into this thread:
The SSD speed is completely moot IMO - like anyone will ever notice a 20% or even 40% benchmark difference IRL
BTW run those benchmarks a couple of times and look how huge the variability is (it is on my 160GB Intel X25 G2). Now, the actual thing to discuss is the display.
Anyone have a calibration setup to be able to talk about the brightness, eveness and gamut or are we just gonna have 3rd rate accounts of people that went to an Apple store?
I know there are some reviews on the MBA13 2010 (Anandtech, notebookreview) that have some real measurements, but it's not clear which screens they got in theirs.
I'm quite pleased with the speed of my toshiba ssd, posted earlier in the thread, around 230MB write, 201MB read.
With regards to the display i have clipping on the red and green channels which in digital photography are the easiest colour channels to clip. The LG clearly over saturates and thus has problems with the highlight colour channels.
However, after calibration i'm pleased with the improvements. Photos look superb, lovely contrast, sharpness and colour replication, better than many monitors i have used. So in the real world, i really don't see the problem.
Again we are just benchmarking without any consideration of real world use and guessing and assuming.
How about two people with the two different monitors but the same calibration device run calibrations according to the same white balance settings (etc) and then we compare the .icc files in ColourThink? We'll be able to see if the actual colour gamuts and contrast ratios are different.
But of course this wouldn't answer questions regarding viewing angles.
But of course this wouldn't answer questions regarding viewing angles.
have a LG matte panel (9CBB) in my 2010 MBP15 - the viewing angel and brightness seem less than the reviews (with samsung panels) rave about. In practice it's a fairly good screen, and with calibration I can use it in conjunction with my NEC 2690WUXi (a pro-level screen). Of course it would be nice if the MBA13 was an improvement, but in the worst case I guess I could live with the LG panel (if indeed it is any worse... - this has still not be confirmed)
This guy has problems with the samsung LTH133BT01A01 display!
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1191123/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1191123/
Ended up switching my 11" MBA for a 13" MBA..
Got Samsung SSD but a LG Monitor. Oh well, I don't notice the difference anyways.
Here's the 128GB Samsung bench mark, i had 10+ apps open though since I was installing stuff while doing this benchmark. I'm impressed.
Got Samsung SSD but a LG Monitor. Oh well, I don't notice the difference anyways.
Here's the 128GB Samsung bench mark, i had 10+ apps open though since I was installing stuff while doing this benchmark. I'm impressed.
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Ended up switching my 11" MBA for a 13" MBA..
Got Samsung SSD but a LG Monitor. Oh well, I don't notice the difference anyways.
Here's the 128GB Samsung bench mark, i had 10+ apps open though since I was installing stuff while doing this benchmark. I'm impressed.
What SSD/Display did you have before?
Samsung both. The 11" screen was small enough where I don't see the difference. I had them side by side when I was using Time Machine to restore in the Apple Store.
Keep in mind, the one's posted of Toshiba was 256GB and mine was only 128GB. There could be a difference because the more space you have on SSDs, the faster they usually are (at least sand force controllers acted like that)
additionally, my tosh wasn't busy with other tasks during benchmarking...
would really like to see a benchmark of the 256gb model, lazy folks
additionally, my tosh wasn't busy with other tasks during benchmarking...
would really like to see a benchmark of the 256gb model, lazy folks
Honestly though, the difference is like maybe a half a second MAX. Real world vs Bench Mark I would not be worried. My Windows Development PC has a Intel 510 SSD and I only noticed a small speed boost when upgrading from an Intel X-25M. And the bench marks had the 510 winning by a lot more.
yeah I know that, I had a crucial ssd in my mbp before and I notice no difference at all now working on the mba. nevertheless I'd like to know the measured differences between the two....I'm not going to swap anywaybecause I love my new air even with its LG display and Tosh SSD
it is just awesome!additionally, my tosh wasn't busy with other tasks during benchmarking...
would really like to see a benchmark of the 256gb model, lazy folks
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1195768/ post 10 has samsung 256gb bench.
