If it did, it would have to acknowledge a “flaw” of the 256GB M2 MacBook Air. The machines have slower SSD speeds than the same-gen Air models that rock 512GB of storage or more. I said in the ...

Just like the M2 MacBook Pro, Apple is offering a slower SSD on the base model configuration, which you should be aware of. As 9to5Mac‘s Filipe Espósito noted, “having a slower SSD increases ...

That’s not necessarily a good thing. The base level 14-inch M2 MacBook Pro reportedly has a slower SSD than its predecessor, according to tests done by 9to5Mac. In BlackMagic’s Disk Speed Test ...

And now some YouTubers have discovered another reason to avoid the base model specifically: Its SSD is very slow. [Update: the same seems to be true of the M2 models, read: Apple’s SSD slowdown ...

The M2 MacBook Air looks to suffer from the same slower SSD problem as the 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro. As MacRumors reports, a teardown of the M2 MacBook Air by Max Tech reveals Apple opted to use a ...

Benchmark testing has indicated that the 256GB variant of the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M2 chip offers slower SSD performance than its M1 equivalent, and now real-world stress testing by YouTuber ...

Then, on the MacBook Pro with an M2 chip, the results came in at 1,446 MB/s read and 1,463 MB/s write. It is unknown what could be causing this drop in SSD performance. YouTuber Created Tech ...

The old MacBook Pro, per its iFixit teardown, used four 128GB NAND chips in a 512GB SSD, while 9to5Mac's M2 Pro MacBook Pro appears to use a pair of 256GB NAND chips. Fewer chips likely mean lower ...

While benchmarks of the 256GB SSD may show a difference compared to the previous generation, the performance of these M2 based systems for real world activities are even faster. A weekly ...

The use of the M2 chip is the new 13-inch MacBook Pro's biggest change compared to the M1 version Apple launched in 2020, but it's apparently not the only one. YouTubers on the Max Tech and ...

As it turns out, the "supercharged" (Apple's phrasing) M2 device is hamstrung with a slow SSD when compared to the M1 model. At least, it is on the 256GB SSD base model. As it turns out ...

Following the launch of Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 chip, it has been discovered that the $1,299 base model with 256GB of storage has significantly slower SSD read/write speeds ...