The 15-inch MacBook Air uses a slow 256GB SSD.

The fact that the standard 15-inch MacBook Air uses a 256GB SSD with a single NAND flash storage chip is not surprising to the tech world. Recently, the YouTube channel Max Tech published this information and confirmed that the 256GB SSD in the newly released Apple laptop has significantly lower read/write speeds compared to 512GB, 1TB, and 2TB SSDs using multiple NAND chips.

The 15-inch MacBook Air starts at 32.9 million VND in Vietnam.

Previously, the 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and standard 256GB Mac mini models also used similar hard drives, resulting in benchmark scores that were 30% to 50% lower than the previous generation. This was because Apple used to use two 128GB NAND flash chips in Macs with 256GB drives, but in some recent models, the company replaced them with a single 256GB chip.

Slower SSD speeds can affect several tasks, such as transferring files to external hard drives or overall system performance, especially when performing demanding tasks, due to the mechanism of using empty SSD space as virtual memory when RAM is full on Mac computers.

However, the average user will hardly notice the aforementioned lag. Those who need a high-speed processor are advised to choose a model with a minimum of 512 GB of SSD storage, which is currently $200 more than the standard version.

The 15-inch MacBook Air began shipping this week in the US market, using the same M2 chip as its 13-inch predecessor. On the Apple Store Vietnam online store, the product is currently listed as "Out of Stock".

Source link: https://thanhnien.vn/macbook-air-15-inch-dung-o-ssd-256-gb-toc-do-cham-185230614103501073.htm