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How fast is your SSD, and when did you buy your MacBook Air?

Ordered January 26th, model CJAA0201 (128GB), similar speeds.

Still 85% faster than the drive in my old MacBook :D
 
Received a 13" Ultimate refurb today, Feb10, shipped Feb03, and it has the Toshiba SSD and slower speeds cited above. I may go into Apple Store in Palo Alto tomorrow and play with the demos and see if I can find one with Samsung drives. If I do, I may go ahead and buy one if there's a reasonable chance I can get the faster Samsung drive.
 
Checked the display models in the Palo Alto store, both 11" and 13", and all had the Toshiba SSD's.
 
...well my stock base 11" MBA gets:

183.6 write

204.6 read

For comparison my whitebook nVidia 9400m 2.0Ghz model, 4Gb RAM with Crucial m225 128 Gb SSD on the same test settings gets:

184.6 write

223.8 read
 
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Checked out a couple of MBA 13" at my local Apple Store and surprise surprise all Toshiba SSD, and no support for NCQ (Native Command Queueing) or even Trim. My CTO MBA 13" / 128GB / 1.8GHz / 4GB RAM will probably arrive tomorrow, and now I know this information between the different SSD's I wont be able to help myself from checking and hoping to god NCQ / Samsung was installed in mine.
 
So... Should I ask Apple about this when I get my Hinge fixed?? :(

So when I go to


:apple:>About this Mac>More Info>Serial-ATA

I get, this Computer doesn't contain any Serial ATA devices......
Although the SSD is listed under ATA as a "SAMSUNG HS082HB" with the Revision Number "NL101-06"

And thats not the bit I'm worried about :p
Write:31.6MB/s
Read:31.6MB/s

I got my Macbook Air in I think early 09/Late 08:D
 
.Max. said:
So... Should I ask Apple about this when I get my Hinge fixed?? :(

So when I go to


:apple:>About this Mac>More Info>Serial-ATA

I get, this Computer doesn't contain any Serial ATA devices......
Although the SSD is listed under ATA as a "SAMSUNG HS082HB" with the Revision Number "NL101-06"

And thats not the bit I'm worried about :p
Write:31.6MB/s
Read:31.6MB/s

I got my Macbook Air in I think early 09/Late 08:D
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The older Samsung SSDs were notorious for having slow initial performance (for an SSD) and massive performance degradation over time. Digilloyd sells an application (Disktester) that claims to "recondition" SSDs, though I have not tried it (it's $40). Before I sold my Rev B, I ran XBench and was getting numbers in the low 40s.
 
KPOM said:
The older Samsung SSDs were notorious for having slow initial performance (for an SSD) and massive performance degradation over time. Digilloyd sells an application (Disktester) that claims to "recondition" SSDs, though I have not tried it (it's $40). Before I sold my Rev B, I ran XBench and was getting numbers in the low 40s.
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Ahh... I'll look in to that then :) Thanks :D
 
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Read: 208.4 MB/s
Write: 183.3 MB/s

Purchased: November 2010

Revision: CJAA0201
 
I ordered my 13" 4GB RAM 128GB SSD through the online apple store on 2/6/11. It just arrived today, seems as though it was a build to order deal since it shipped from China.

I have the Toshiba CJAA0201 model
Write:179.5 MB/s
Read: 207.6 MB/s
 
Imac and MBA tested at Apple Store

Not sure what to make of this but I tested a 13 MBA at the apple store in Colorado after downloading AJA. The 13 inch with 128GB SSD tested in the 30's for both read and write. Not sure with SSD manufacturer it was. I shared the result with one of the dudes that works there and they had some story about the amount of abuse the display models take. As a point of reference I also tested a 27 inch iMac i5 and got r/w in the low 50's (I just realized this wasn't an SSD so it's apples to oranges as they say). All of this gives me great pause. My late 2008 macbook unibody is running in the mid 50's with 6GB of ram. I definitely want to upgrade to either a iMac i7 Quad core or a MBA 13 ultimate if I can get the 200-250 speeds people are reporting but would be sorely disappointed if I ended up with a mild improvement from my 250GB 5400RPM stock harddrive from 2008.

Can someone help me distill down the data in this forum though?

1. Samsung SSD is preferred to the Toshiba right?

2. Regarding the revisions "A" is best and "D" is worst?

3. Is 128 better than 256? Is 11 inch better than 13 inch? I really want the 13 inch 256 but could live with something less if the speed was materially faster.

A lot of this seems like worrying about getting from 0 to 60 in car in 3.555 secs vs 3.550 secs. I'd be more concerned about the quality and longevity of the SSD manufactured by Toshiba vs Samsung.

Any help/input is greatly appreciated. Thanks---

Thanks for the help.
 
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I just returned my MBA 13" "ultimate" to see if I'd get lucky with a samsung 256gb instead of the toshiba. My batt wasn't performing well either, so I figured I'd give it a shot while getting 2 more weeks on return period while waiting to see what new MBP has to offer (if it happens to come out in 14 days).

New MBA 256gb has toshiba SSD!!! (not sure if i really care anymore)

**New MBA also has a tiny scratch on palm surface right out of the box!! Figures when I exchange I end up getting a little bad luck! haha I may just return this one in a few days because of the scratch, I plan on reselling whatever laptop I get in a year or so anyways and the lack of "mintness" really bugs me. I take care of things really well, and doubt i'd create that kind of scratch in a year of normal usage! grrr

MBA bought @ Apple store in Boulder, Co
 
epicshredder said:
I just returned my MBA 13" "ultimate" to see if I'd get lucky with a samsung 256gb instead of the toshiba. My batt wasn't performing well either, so I figured I'd give it a shot while getting 2 more weeks on return period while waiting to see what new MBP has to offer (if it happens to come out in 14 days).

New MBA 256gb has toshiba SSD!!! (not sure if i really care anymore)

**New MBA also has a tiny scratch on palm surface right out of the box!! Figures when I exchange I end up getting a little bad luck! haha I may just return this one in a few days because of the scratch, I plan on reselling whatever laptop I get in a year or so anyways and the lack of "mintness" really bugs me. I take care of things really well, and doubt i'd create that kind of scratch in a year of normal usage! grrr

MBA bought @ Apple store in Boulder, Co
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Hey epic, sorry for the bad luck. I would go to have it exchanged tonight (if you live near a store) and be done with it. If the next one has issues, I personally would give up and get my money back-these things aren't supposed to be so frustrating, and aluminum is a scratch/dent magnet. I held this mind set when I exchanged mine, and luckily there were no issues with the second one.
 
milescortez said:
Can someone help me distill down the data in this forum though?

1. Samsung SSD is preferred to the Toshiba right?

2. Regarding the revisions "A" is best and "D" is worst?

3. Is 128 better than 256? Is 11 inch better than 13 inch? I really want the 13 inch 256 but could live with something less if the speed was materially faster.
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Rev D is the newest model (late 2010). Rev A is the original MacBook Air from January 2008.

The fastest SSDs in MacBook Airs are the Samsung drives in in the newest revision. The second fastest, and by far more common, are the Toshiba SSDs in the newest revision. Most likely, if you buy a new MacBook Air, it will have a Toshiba SSD. It's plenty fast as it is.

Note that Samsung and Toshiba have been supplying SSD drives to PC manufacturers for several years. Older MacBook Airs (from 2008-2009) used an older Samsung drive that was a lot slower than the drives used in the late-2010 models (whether from Samsung or Toshiba).
 
11.6/1.6/128/4

Apple SSD TS 128C
Revision CJAA0201
Purchased 16 February, but I made a deposit one week before as they had it in stock at that time and I wanted them to keep it for me.

Read: 207.6
Write: 185.6

Bleh..... lot faster dan my 4 year old latitude d820 though :)
 
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