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SSD speed of M3 MacBook Air 15" 2024
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The embargo NDA videos already showed the 512GB and 1TB get ~3000MB/s. It seems Apple didn't want "reviewers" getting a 256GB variant to show the slower speed, all the review units are at least 512GB.
I found this for 256GB M3 AIR, is this some improvement?
Yes, if this is the base M3 MBA, it is faster than the base M2 MBA. The base M1 MBA is still a bit faster though.
The base M3 MBA is reasonable to buy again if these numbers are true.
It's so shady to "Cook the reviews" like this
(By not giving out any base models & giving out 16GB RAM models)
Tim Cook is just greedy. It is no wonder Apple is crashing at the moment. NVIDIA is nearly as big as Apple at the moment and it is expect that NVIDIA will overtake Apple as the 2nd largest company in the world in a few weeks (after Microsoft).
For $100, you can buy 1TB SSD's that do 7000MB/s +, so it doesn't cost Tim Cook alot of money to put descent SSD's in these machines if he wanted to.
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Think the M1 had two 128 SSDs, and because of Covid etc the M2 (and apparently M3) have one 256 SSDs, which is slower than two 128 SSDs. Something like this.
Non sense. During Covid 1TB SSD’s that do 7000MB/s+ were still priced at $100.
There was no reason to have slow 256 GB SSD other than $$$$$$$$$$.
Apple is making a killing on these RAM and SSD’s, it is not even funny.
Apple has such loyal customers but this nickel and diming has been just so blatant. I am glad finally things are catching up. People weirdly justified everything just because Apple was the richest company and apparently all it's nickel and diming decisions were right as the stock price was on the rise.
It's like when people work backwards from "she/he person is RICH ... and the ends justify the means on however they got there"
Why?
Because they are RICH.. of course!
Capitalism has some really corrosive aspects to it
M3 returns to 2 x 128GB chips. When M2 launched, some people suggested garbage excuses like 128GB chips were in low supply which were obviously not true.
You can clearly see Apple responding to the low sales last year. They added dual-display support, dropped the price to $1,099, and now the improved SSD performance.
You can clearly see Apple responding to the low sales last year. They added dual-display support, dropped the price to $1,099, and now the improved SSD performance.
M3 vs M2 SSD speeds:
youtube.com/watch?v=4U9nCMV7cv4&t=254s
M3 now has 2 SSD chips:
youtube.com/watch?v=4U9nCMV7cv4&t=478s
M1 vs M2 vs M3 50GB file transfer test:
youtube.com/watch?v=geqPPsGCAfU&t=167s
M1 vs M2 vs m3 Final Cut Pro export test:
youtube.com/watch?v=geqPPsGCAfU&t=284s
M3 8/256 vs 16/512 SSD speeds:
youtube.com/watch?v=IgFV4QrgTiE&t=1059s
youtube.com/watch?v=4U9nCMV7cv4&t=254s
M3 now has 2 SSD chips:
youtube.com/watch?v=4U9nCMV7cv4&t=478s
M1 vs M2 vs M3 50GB file transfer test:
youtube.com/watch?v=geqPPsGCAfU&t=167s
M1 vs M2 vs m3 Final Cut Pro export test:
youtube.com/watch?v=geqPPsGCAfU&t=284s
M3 8/256 vs 16/512 SSD speeds:
youtube.com/watch?v=IgFV4QrgTiE&t=1059s
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For $100 for 1 TB, I would expect the life of such an SSD to be a couple of months.
While you can't get really awful storage chips, you can get really awful controller chips.
Apple could give more for the money, but putting bargain basement crap into a Mac isn't going to happen.
Samsung is a major provider for Apple products. There is nothing wrong with their quality. Else Apple would not be using Samsung components for their products they sell.
And Samsung SSD's come with 5 years of warranty, so it is impossible for these things to last only a few months as Samsung would be making losses on every SSD they sold.
These SSD's are of higher quality than what is in your Mac as Apple doesn't even dare to give more than 1 year of warranty on it.
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If you want better spec components that cost more $
To be fair, the vast majority of people don't need SSDs that run at 7-14GB/s. Only if you're playing games, which are now commonly 100-150GB in size, or regularly transferring huge amounts of data. 1.5-3GB/s is plenty for the average user so Apple has no reason to go higher. Plus, the cheaper the parts they can use then the higher the profits.
Apple is not offering MacBook Airs with high spec components... it is their budget model after all. The M3, as a package, is probably the most advanced piece of tech inside it. The RAM/SSD capacity and speeds are quite low/slow and not great value. You're paying for the Apple logo and the seamless integration of their devices/services into the OS and the ecosystem.
Yes. ”We want you to review the models people won't buy but will get impressed by.”