Hands-On With the New July 2019 13-Inch MacBook Pro

[raw8725]

Guys is there something wrong with my 2019 base spec 13" with 128 gb SSD? That write speed is way too low?

 

[ghanwani]

^ what were you expecting to see?
Following review rates it at 508/1321.

Review: 2019 entry-level $1299 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID

Video review of the 2019 entry-level MacBook Pro with two Thunderbolt 3 ports, Touch ID and Touch Bar, along with a substantial quad-core CPU upgrade.

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[raw8725]

^ what were you expecting to see?
Following review rates it at 508/1321.

Review: 2019 entry-level $1299 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID

Video review of the 2019 entry-level MacBook Pro with two Thunderbolt 3 ports, Touch ID and Touch Bar, along with a substantial quad-core CPU upgrade.

9to5mac.com

oh man thats so bad that I thought I may have got a dud SSD. I don't know what to say?

 

[ilikewhey]

smaller ssd = slower write speed.

 

[saudor]

Is the 256 a bit better? (E.g. somewhat comparable to the 256 of the “regular” 2.4ghz 13” base model?)

 

[ghanwani]

Is the 256 a bit better? (E.g. somewhat comparable to the 256 of the “regular” 2.4ghz 13” base model?)

256 is better, but 4TB3 still has an advantage, and 512 is almost identical IIRC.

 

[saudor]

256 is better, but 4TB3 still has an advantage, and 512 is almost identical IIRC.

i wonder how much of an advantage. I asked my friend about her 2018 256 and it was 1200 write, 2600 read speeds. That’s a HUGE difference compared to 400 / 1100

 

[ghanwani]

i wonder how much of an advantage. I asked my friend about her 2018 256 and it was 1200 write, 2600 read speeds. That’s a HUGE difference compared to 400 / 1100

2018 which machine? Base MBP wasn’t updated in 2018.

If I recall correctly both read and write were close and above 1000 MB/s for the 256GB. There was a thread here discussing it. But you should be able to google it.

 

[saudor]

2018 which machine? Base MBP wasn’t updated in 2018.

If I recall correctly both read and write were close and above 1000 MB/s for the 256GB. There was a thread here discussing it. But you should be able to google it.

this one: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/...d-2018-true-tone-display-touch-bar-specs.html

Ill have a look again. Last time i googled, everyone was talking about how close the 1.4 ghz was to the 2.4 but not a word about the SSD

 

[ghanwani]

this one: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/...d-2018-true-tone-display-touch-bar-specs.html

Ill have a look again. Last time i googled, everyone was talking about how close the 1.4 ghz was to the 2.4 but not a word about the SSD

Many reviews pointed it out. For example, this one at 7:20.

 

[saudor]

Many reviews pointed it out. For example, this one at 7:20.

yeah i usually dont bother with videos if im looking for a specifc information. It takes too long and some videos are just too awful to watch lol.

Anyways a little googling today shows it's 1.2 GB write, and 1.6 GB read speeds for the 256. It's not as fast as the 2018 at 1.2/2.6 but for day to day use, it'll be fine