Just ordered my first Mac

[T5BRICK]

True. Very true. I do think Apple should enforce a more stringent specification for SSDs to prevent such variation. Do you agree?

The speed of the SSDs fall within the range Apple has specified, otherwise they wouldn't be using them.

 

[Altemose]

The speed of the SSDs fall within the range Apple has specified, otherwise they wouldn't be using them.

They should have a tighter range of speeds and specs and this wouldn't make the news. I saw the articles when first released and was shocked to hear and believed they changed them based off of what was originally stated. As a non-Air user I did not follow up.

 

[T5BRICK]

They should have a tighter range of speeds and specs and this wouldn't make the news.

As with most things, it was probably based on a compromise. If they tightened up the allowable speed range, the cost of the SSD would have gone up. The price of the 2013 and 2014 MBA likely would have gone up instead of down.

I saw the articles when first released and was shocked to hear and believed they changed them based off of what was originally stated. As a non-Air user I did not follow up.

Apple didn't change the SSDs. The mid 2013 and early 2014 models use the SAME brands of SSDs. Between the brands, the speeds stayed the same.

I mean, realistically, most users aren't going to notice a difference. Anyone who reads these articles and actually follows the tech news is a very small percentage of the actual user base.

 

[Altemose]

As with most things, it was probably based on a compromise. If they tightened up the allowable speed range, the cost of the SSD would have gone up. The price of the 2013 and 2014 MBA likely would have gone up instead of down.

Potentially. They do have a set profit margin.

Apple didn't change the SSDs. The mid 2013 and early 2014 models use the SAME brands of SSDs. Between the brands, the speeds stayed the same.

I mean, realistically, most users aren't going to notice a difference. Anyone who reads these articles and actually follows the tech news is a very small percentage of the actual user base.

But the ones that follow tech news aren't going to be happy.

 

[MacLadybug]

Congrats... welcome to the family...

One thing I experienced when I switched from the PC world to Macs is that your Mac can have less ram or processor speed than a comparable PC and work faster or more reliably. You will LOVE your MBA. Ours run everything flawlessly.... play videos, stream videos, download large files quickly... everything.

But you might get bored... there's no defragging, maintenance, virus scanning and a bunch of other routine junk you may be used to doing. Once you learn the new OS... it just works and you can spend your time doing what you want to do.

Have some fun with it and congrats!!

 

[scaredpoet]

True. Very true. I do think Apple should enforce a more stringent specification for SSDs to prevent such variation. Do you agree?

Perhaps, but they could just as easily pick the lower bar, and then we'd be stuck with all "slow" SSDs, all for the sake of having every model work the same. At the end of the day, the slowest SSD in the line still performs amazingly fast compared to the old spinning rust, so I don't worry about it too much.

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But you might get bored... there's no defragging, maintenance, virus scanning and a bunch of other routine junk you may be used to doing.

Sadly, I've found this to be a real problem with some people. They won't accept that none of this is necessary and install the junk programs that claim to do all these things anyway. It almost always causes more problems than they supposedly solve, and then they come to me complaining about how slow their Mac is, and bellyaching that "it's supposed to just work, and it doesn't!" :roll eyes:

And of course, it's a negative feedback thing. One junk "maintenance" program wrecks something, so that only reinforces that MORE junk programs need to be installed to manage the situation.

 

[Altemose]

Perhaps, but they could just as easily pick the lower bar, and then we'd be stuck with all "slow" SSDs, all for the sake of having every model work the same. At the end of the day, the slowest SSD in the line still performs amazingly fast compared to the old spinning rust, so I don't worry about it too much.

I suppose I agree with that statement. I just feel that if every customer is paying the same good money, they should get the same good experience and quality.

 

[Traverse]

Goo for you! Enjoy it.