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MacBook Air Teardown Reveals M2 Chip and Single Storage Chip for 256GB Model
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Apple settled for the 5400rpm version SSD for more battery life. Only downside is 50% less speed though.
Also, Apple uses the latest and greatest technologies so that you do not hear your SSD spin.
Would be funny if you can even get an external magnetic drive for Mac, if someone would compare the fastest one to the internal SSDFeels like 5000 RPM, definitely not 7200 RPM.
Agree. At least the components for the same model of a later version should be equal to or better. Maybe even slightly worse, but not 30%-50%
100%. I have an 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD M1, and I have never noticed the slightest slowdown when hitting the swap. It's pretty amazing honestly.
People disagreeing with YOU (to the positive) about Apple doesn't make them fanboys...it just means they disagree with you. Grow up, dude.
Agree… they’ll suck the joy out of a new purchase. Carry on, people buy what they need/can.Funny. This forum will destroy any joy someone might have with a new purchase they might be able to afford if they scrounge.
It's like....Evil
I lived happily with my MBA 2012 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD, until it recently called it quits on me.
That’s because Windows still uses the crappy window-based system for dealing with applications. It’s why people end up opening 100 instances of an application just because it didn’t tell the user it was loading
Cathy Woods, corporations, influencers, politicians, and pop stars are the new gangs.
People treat them as family members precisely because they don't relate to their family members and can't be bothered to make friends in real life.
The street price for 8GB of DDR5 SODIMM is $65, bringing the Apple tax to 200%.
The street price for 256GB of SSD is $25, bringing the Apple tax to 700%.
Apple does love its sycophants, but not as people, only as sources of money.
Likewise, influencers and politicians love their sycophants, but only as sources of narcissistic supply.
For those who really love Apple, you should welcome criticism as a source of wisdom for how to improve, rather than a vicarious attack on your identity.
The cost of production is irrelevant to what you can sell an item for in the market.
Advice both sides should follow; especially those who see everything as some grand conspiracy to ripoff the customer..
Use of a single chip that is slower than 2 separate ones has no impact on normal use for the majority of buyers of tax version of the MBA. The machine, in normal use, is faster than its predecessor. If someone is impacted, then they are better served by a different model or machine.
Apple made business decisions, customers get to decide if the product is worth the money. It's that simple.
Calling someone a sycophant adds nothing to the argument; but merely shows you no longer have any valid points and are reduced to name calling.
I’m confused why you frequent an Apple enthusiast website if this is how you feel. For example, I wouldn’t go to a Microsoft or Google enthusiast website just to spread hate. There’s nothing wrong with criticizing a product or company, but this goes beyond that.
I agree 1,000,000%. No cap.
Also, talk to your therapist about upping your antidepressant. That’s too much vitriol for a Monday morning. <3
Listen, back in the day, we loved the Amiga but we hated Commodore. A person’s relationship with a company and a company’s products can nuanced. Life is a 256 color mode, not 1 bit. Read his reply in context.
I agree; just as a new model's performance needs to be assed in the overall context of how well it performs with respect to the market. In that context, the M2 Air is not slower, a downgrade, or what have you. To fixate on one spec overlooks the broader context.
Apple made a simple design decision that ensured the base model would perform to whatever standards they set.
Yes, it would be nice if they used 2 128gb chips, didn't raise the price, etc.; but they made those decisions based on their requirements. Customers now get to decide if they were good ones.
The issue here is people throw around opinions as if they were facts, and then lash out at those who disagree.
For the most part I agree with you here. Apple can do anything they want with their product, and since the have not indicated the "why" of their decision, we are all left to speculate as to why. The average user, who most likely will never even see this thread, will have no idea unless they personally are upgrading from a 2020 model (unlikely for this market segment), and hit one of the edge cases that will make an actually difference (also unlikely). However, that is not really the problem here, the problem is in the messaging. Or more specifically, the lack of messaging. Apple should at least make the data available to potential customers, that if they want maximized performance from their SSD, to upgrade to a larger drive. That way, it is "informed buyer beware" vices just "buyer beware." As it stands, customers are getting less potential performance for more money, and many are oblivious to it.
The real issue, which has been mentioned previously, is how this slower SSD seems to be impacting the virtual memory performance. Systems with only 8 GBs of RAM are exhibiting less noticeable performance than the 2020 model in RAM limited scenarios, all presumably because the SSD speed. IF a potential buyer knew that they could mitigate this issue by either upgrading RAM or SSD at time of purchase, then there is no problem Conversely, as the average user is oblivious, and Apple is not informing the customers, they do not have a chance, as you can't upgrade these items later.
well said, I have also read other articles recently that have made me see it from your perspective also. while I have fallen victim to some articles, why correct in their facts, like your comment, they lead me to realize it is a perspective issue. it boils down to what one is doing on the machine that at times shows that the machine is perhaps slower but in reality it is not always slower than the previous version.
