So far no 11's with the faster ssd it seems...
I bought my "ultimate MBA" yesterday from an official Mac reseller (location : Antwerp, Belgium) and have the 'faster' SSD (see my previous post). As the MBA is BTO and was in stock, I presume they already had it ordered a while ago. So I don't know why in the 'Big Apple' they're stating the ultimate MBA comes with slower SSD, while in a tiny country as Belgium, we get faster specs.
PS : ultimate = 2,13 GHz, 4GB, 256SSD
My 11" also has the older TS128C bought mid January 11'...
I don't see any logic in this thread. Mine also has the TS128C. But I think people need to look at when there's was built, not when it was purchased. Mine was built the second week of January at Quanta Computer.
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html/
Well, the old Samsungs suffered from pretty heavy degradation issues or so I've heard but that was something like 2008. A lot has happened in SSD world since that.
I don't see any logic in this thread. Mine also has the TS128C. But I think people need to look at when their's were built, not when it was purchased. Mine was built the second week of January at Quanta Computer.
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html/
- A lot of people seem to be upset about the slower drive. Perhaps I shouldn't have brought this up. In any case, the Toshiba drive is still plenty fast. To me, it's like complaining about not having a Ferrari when you have a Porsche in the driveway.
It's logical that people get upset. You can complain about getting a Porsche when you have paid the same as others that have got a Ferrari.
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If you paid for a Porsche and received one, you got what you paid for. If someone else got a Ferrari, good for them, but you didn't get scammed.
The gripe would be more legitimate if Apple had sent out review units with the faster drives, and then equipped shipping models with cheaper, slower drives.
But in this case, it seems that some faster drives are trickling into the production line. I'm fine with that.
What bothers me is that I had recently paid for something that I would have waited on had I known that a change would be taking place in a short amount of time.
What's the alternative? That a company never improves its products without announcing a new model a few months in advance and then having zero sales while everyone waits?
But changes always happen, and it's rare than customers know when a company is going to make changes to a product line.
It's not like Apple advertised the SSD as being a certain speed or brand and it wasn't and now the new ones are actually up to advertised spec.
What's the alternative? That a company never improves its products without announcing a new model a few months in advance and then having zero sales while everyone waits?
I do understand that change happens, and was expecting a reply like this. It's just frustrating for me since I made the purchase less then a week ago, and feel that future models will have the faster. I am not however going to try to figure out when and where it will be put in the mainstream, and hope to get lucky when purchasing. Just venting I guess-prob gonna keep mine. For those reading this, I recommend to NOT test your drive, be happy in ignorance lol![]()
IMO this sounds more like that you bought a Ferrari and you got a Ferrari but some buyers got a free Ferrari keychain on top of that.
If you put two MBAs next to each other, one with Toshiba SSD and one with Samsung SSD, I doubt you would notice any difference in everyday tasks.
those numbers seems a bit more then just a "keychain" difference....
if i had bought within 14 days i would take back and demand the faster model ssd....
those numbers seems a bit more then just a "keychain" difference....
if i had bought within 14 days i would take back and demand the faster model ssd....