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How fast is your SSD, and when did you buy your MacBook Air?
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Bought ultimate 13" last night with 256 SSD revision AXM09A1Q. Write 210.8. Read 256.8
Bought ultimate 13" last night with 256 SSD revision AXM09A1Q. Write 210.8. Read 256.8
I decided to return my 11" MBA, while I really liked the form factor over my 2.0Ghz nVidia 9400m whitebook (with m225 128Gb SSD) or my HP DM4 i5 14" laptop with 8Gb RAM and intel G2 x-25 SSD (only 4.2 lbs) so the MBA's main advantage was form factor/weight vs. my other 2 machines.
I just couldn't justify keeping the MBA right now with the fact that both my above laptops were faster/more powerful, larger SSD's (with maybe the execption of the slight GPU advantage of the 320m chipset) and working fine...
In one or two revisions, maybe I'll be lucky enough to be able to use my applecare to get a replacement for my whitebook as I have ~2 years left on my ac for it
If not, by that time I'll probably donate my whitebook to one of my family members and just buy a MBA 11" for my uses...
I just couldn't justify keeping the MBA right now with the fact that both my above laptops were faster/more powerful, larger SSD's (with maybe the execption of the slight GPU advantage of the 320m chipset) and working fine...
In one or two revisions, maybe I'll be lucky enough to be able to use my applecare to get a replacement for my whitebook as I have ~2 years left on my ac for it
If not, by that time I'll probably donate my whitebook to one of my family members and just buy a MBA 11" for my uses...
So they are coming in the 11" models now! Wow, that's super cool. I'm a little jealous that I didn't get that version.
That's fairly typical of the Toshiba drives. As far as the disparity, it's primarily a matter of the controller used, and the priorities of the manufacturer. SandForce puts performance first, and their drives outperform both Toshiba and Samsung. That said, some Mac users have reported some issues with them.
So everyone seems to be coveting the AXM rev Samsung SSDs, but my question is, besides being faster in sequential Reads+writes what if they have more performance degradation over time as compared to the "slower" Toshiba SSDs (not saying the Toshibas are great in this respect, just in comparison to the Samsung)? The older Samsung SSDs in the older MBA's had this problem, hopefully Samsung improved things this generation.
Also, another thing we haven't compared is the random writes/reads as some have stated here.
Also, another thing we haven't compared is the random writes/reads as some have stated here.
Awww man, I got the slower Toshiba for my 11 in air.
That's the far more common version and nothing to be angry about. It's still a decent performer for a SATA II device. With the disruption in Japan, it's possible we'll see some more Samsung drives for a while, but the Toshiba still performs well out of the box and, more importantly, holds up to severe use.
Nice. I ordered the $1299 version from Amazon today for Saturday delivery.
Hopefully it has the AXM SSD!
so tell me this... the numbers don't mean jack to me until you put it into actual, real life usage results.
what kind of impact do these "gains" make in real life use of the MBA? are we talking milliseconds here? because if it is, a big LOL for everyone including me in this thread.
what kind of impact do these "gains" make in real life use of the MBA? are we talking milliseconds here? because if it is, a big LOL for everyone including me in this thread.