Is it possible to check SSD (Samsung or Toshiba) without registering the MBA?

No, there isn't. You can return it (check on your reseller's return policies first).

But why would you want to???? Enjoy your new MBA. It doesn't matter which SSD you get, they both work great!!!

 

If you don't EVER check, you won't notice a difference. Enjoy the laptop for what it is, not what you want it to be.

 

They wont tell you cause they dont know. Why not identify where you bought so we can tell you more.

14 day return from Apple, how did you buy that would forgo that return policy.

 

Don't be. MBA is MBA. Toshiba or Samsung means nothing except to the OCD crowd, and even for them its a stretch...

 

Yes you simply strat up and press cancel registration from the welcome screen. It will then let you in Lion once you've made an account. I did mine that way.

 

Yes!
I did that when I fired up my MBA for the first time. Was totally unable to access my WLAN, so I just cancelled the registration and went on. No problems at all.

 

From the Spreadsheet of the SSD's and the panels I deduced that most people with a 13" i7, the 256 SSD is Samsung, Panel is LG; this is what you'll probably get but don't rely upon it to make a decision. Somebody should check for more patterns because I'm sure the way the Airs are assembled is not random.

 

YES...YES there is!

While turning it on for the first time, press and hold the "option" key which will bring you into the recovery. From there you can open up Terminal and bring up the system profiler through Terminal without EVER registering the device.

Yes...you have to turn it on BUT you will NOT have to go through the registration process.

Code:

system_profiler -detailLevel basic

 

I simply cannot believe what i am reading.

It has even been proven that the toshiba has a faster random 4k read time which is the most common drive operation mode, i.e. booting, opening programs etc.

Unless you are moving large files across the disk there will be no difference.

When thunderbolt drives come out, there might be a slight improvement then too, as they will be the only external device that could possibly max the SSD read/write, but who's to say you won't be putting in an OWC blade in a year or 2's time.


They even tested both ssd's with a real user test. They condensed something like 4 days worth of laptop use into a single test. The difference in seconds was negligible.

 

Totally agree, although at first I didn't think so and was anal about getting a Samsung manufactured drive...it just didn't matter in real life

 

Just to build on this excellent advise

To just get SSD info type into terminal :

Code:

system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType SPSerialATADataType

 

who's to say over time that the toshiba won't last longer?

also what about samsung vs lg screen.....


i would be more concerned about overall build quality (backlight bleed,not sitting flat,ect ect) and if all good...would keep

 

Edited...

 

Seriously? The MBA you ordered several weeks ago finally arrived and you afraid to use it because it may have an SSD that, while it will blow any HDD out of the water, gets lower numbers in certain benchmarks that do not necessarily represent real world performance.

Forget all the debate over which SSD is fastest or which video panel is best, the only advice that is worth taking away from any of these threads is enjoy your MBA, its an awesome machine

 

Really? Wow great advice...it works!

 

SSD is something you can kinda "eh" about, but the screen is worth returning for I would think

 

I lucked out and got Double Samsung, but I would have kept mine regardless of what I had gotten.

 

You can always open it... Just a few security screws on the bottom and it would reveal the SSD.Pretty self explanatory from there. If will either say toshiba or samsung. Best part, you don't even have to turn it on. You do however have to buy the dedicated screw driver which is only $6.99 w/ free shipping. Link below

http://cgi.ebay.com/MacBook-Air-5-P...ltDomain_0&hash=item2a0f534c4d#ht_1588wt_1003

 

Where do you see that the Toshiba has a higher 4k read?
According to this test:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4528/the-2011-macbook-air-11-13inch-review/8

Toshiba: 1.65 MB/s 4k random read
Samsung:27.2 MB/s 4k random read



Buy it from Apple Store (Det gjorde jeg)

 

Go figure, Newbie, enough said....

 

Wrong. I've spent more than a week with both a Samsung and an LG screen, and this is an "eh" issue as well. Both screens are great.