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Base Model MacBook Air With M2 Chip Has Slower SSD Speeds in Benchmarks
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Why is everyone so obsessed with speed? Slow down and smell the roses. Thank you, Apple, for doing your part to slow us down.
The iPad Pro is unlikely to be their sole and main editing device. And who said anything about chip? The issue is storage.
Especially if you’re paying more vs the previous gen.
You don’t think these people will use the base M2 MBA as a side machine next to their 16” M1 Max MacBook Pro for example?
I for one will enjoy my 256GB Midnight M2 Air as it is better in all ways than what I currently use, it keeps me in the Apple ecosystem which I choose, and it looks awesome! For most non-forum people, that's what matters.
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I can't wait to see what their headline/title is for it...
Apple should be pointing this out on the site in the configurator, regardless of whether or not people buying this base model will actually notice the slower speed (I suspect 99% of buyers will neither notice, nor care).
You mean videoSSSSS.
They will do M1 256GB MBA vs M2 256GB MBA, M2 256GB MBA vs M2 512GB MBA and M2 256GB MBA vs M2 256GB MBP.
Bookmark me. Their videos are so predictable. They won't do all comparisons in one go because $$$.
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Personally don't think so. Even if they do, speed is not really the main factor when they choose to travel with that MBA.
How about the base model shouldn't be any slower than its base-model m1 predecessor... but yet it is.
Honest question here. If the benchmarks are slower, but the rest of the improvements in the SOC result in faster performance (example: video editing finishes faster), is this going to still be a 300 page bitchfest of a thread?
Let’s see the machines being USED, not running one test in one component that isolates the fact that this is an SOC.
Let’s see the machines being USED, not running one test in one component that isolates the fact that this is an SOC.
I'm an academic who preordered the 16/256. For coding tasks /working with data, would having the 512 SSD be more important to speed than the 16gb? I use cloud so don't actually need more storage.
Also planning to keep computer for a long time.
Also planning to keep computer for a long time.
Is it? In what regard? Do we have any videos of the thing actually being used for tasks or is it all isolated benchmarks?
To use an analogy, if the “engine” of this car is technically slower, but a new version of the transmission results in it still going 0-60 faster…is that a problem?
Hahaha. Where are the deniers now who claimed the MacBook Air might not use single NAND? It’s obvious, Apple is about cost cutting and up selling.
Apple likes to be cheap and get rid of their old hardware and play dumb when get caught .
it will take 5 min to load Safari, 10 min to load Chrome ... people here are so obsessed with these stupid benchmarks and totally ignore the average user's experience ...
Apple really stepped in it with the base M2. Then again, why even bother building a base computer in 2022 with only 256GB of storage? That too is a real head scratcher.
Since your data is in the cloud are you compiling locally or in the cloud? If so then speed won't make a ton of difference. Locally, 2 NANDS should be faster than single - but by how much? We'll have to wait for the comparison videos that should be coming soon.
You can Genuinely spend extra money for slower performance if you like.
For sure on that. Sadly, it's the only way some people can get through their day. Intense outrage and feeling aggrieved at the drop of a hat on the internet in order to feel good is now normalized.
No longer do people feel embarrassed acting out on a public forum. Instead, it's now a badge of honor.
Yeah I'm surprised, that is a really good review. Subtitles are good too. (Click ProfessionalFan's post to see the video linked).