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"It's possible Apple went with slower SSD performance in order to drop the MacBook Air's price to a more affordable level" Ah, No. They are "differentiating".
 
Sacrifices ? *shrugs* When SSD'd noways are faster than spinning hard drives, speed is really the least of the problems i think.
 
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