Why is there always a catch to an apple product I really want? This is a deal breaker for me.
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Base Model MacBook Air With M2 Chip Has Slower SSD Speeds in Benchmarks
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Class action suits don't care about that or most would have never been started. So it's exactly how class action works. Whether they can win or not is a separate issue.
I can see Tim Cook looking at the margins and telling his executives to find another 1% profit.
Even if they notice, it's still OK. Apple promised you 256 GB and they delivered. No manufacturer shows the read/write speed for different storage tiers, even when larger SSDs typically have faster read/write.
Is there any confirmation of how fast the upgraded SSDs are? Is the 2TB as fast as the 14” MBP’s 2TB?
Users that would notice the difference would be unlikely to buy a 256 GB MBA in the first place.
Why not just put an M1 chip in the base model M2 MBA as well?
The vast majority of users won’t notice a difference.
256 8 is plenty for most people. I don't think there's a need to do away with that as a lower-cost entry point. Personally I always upgrade the RAM and SSD, but my mom doesn't need to do that. No reason to make Macs even more expensive for someone like her.
So Apple are now gaslighting. Great.
It will any time your new computer starts using swap for memory. Which is all the time due to M chip architecture. Which you can easily see by just opening few chrome tabs while doing something else in the background. MaxTech YT channel demonstrated this well.
Correct. We don’t know about possible thermal throttling though. Reviews should provide that info.
Ok, so base model M2 being worse than M1 counterparts. Who would’ve guessed. 
Seriously, unless you heavily weight the new color, the new design and the notch, go for M1. CPU performance is not even 50% higher, and GPU performance bump is truly useless for most people. You are not going to miss out much.
Seriously, unless you heavily weight the new color, the new design and the notch, go for M1. CPU performance is not even 50% higher, and GPU performance bump is truly useless for most people. You are not going to miss out much.
Completely different issue here. Apple indicated 256 GB storage on their website when you bought it, and they delivered on that promise. Equipping M1 when they promise that it's an M2 MBA would be wrong. Don't conflate vastly different issues here. Doesn't help with your argument at all.
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Lol cause screw them poor people right? What is wrong with you
I’m all for holding big companies accountable, but the MacBook Air is made for everyday consumer that watch content, browse online, and send emails. A majority of people will not notice. Also Apple should have said it had to use those SSDs because of supply constraints, not because “this magical new SSD has such great performance that it’s slower”, would have been better PR.
None.
It is only under extremely heavy data transfer speeds this lack of a second NAND even shows up - i.e. only for professionals who are doing heavy code compiling or video conversion.
For 95%+ of users, they will never encounter this bottleneck.
They’re doubling down.
At the very least, make that difference known in your website. But they won’t, just like they didn’t advertise the one fan for the base model iMac.
At the very least, make that difference known in your website. But they won’t, just like they didn’t advertise the one fan for the base model iMac.
This is like complaining that you got a BOE display instead of LG/Samsung, or an Intel modem instead of Qualcomm's.
Spot on.
Sadly, some people count on finding something whine-worthy about Apple to start their day, resulting with a tiny blip of power that's otherwise lacking, helping them to feel better.
It isn't that most users won't notice it - it's that such experience will never exist for most users, because they will never come even close to the data transfer threshold where this would have an effect.
We can argue about the principle of it, but in terms of real world effect, this will never manifest for 95%+ users using the base configuration.
Time to switch to a different computer manufacturer with a better product. Happiness can be found by simply stepping up and making the change.
Will you do it?