Solid State Drive Performance

[tech324]

I wonder if the new Macbook Airs will have faster SSD drives? Everyone talks about CPU, but I am curious about the SSD drive having better read/write performance than the current model.

 

[Beaverman3001]

Doubtful, but you never know. I honestly expect them to use the same exact SSDs except possibly higher capacities.

 

[Peteman100]

They might move to a new controller if one of the big OEMs (Samsung, Toshiba) has one available

 

[aristobrat]

I wonder if the new Macbook Airs will have faster SSD drives? Everyone talks about CPU, but I am curious about the SSD drive having better read/write performance than the current model.

IIRC, a few months ago, the "current model" started shipping with faster drives. I guess Apple doesn't need a device refresh to bump that component.

Some MacBook Airs Shipping with Faster SSDs

 

[reputationZed]

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I wouldn't get overly concerned about a faster SSD. Other than some of the gen 1 controllers SSD's represent a significant performance increase over spinning disk HHD's. The delta between a good SSD and a top of the line SSD is not that significant in terms of real world performance. SSD's don't need to get faster, they need to get bigger at a lower cost per GB.