I imagine the vast majority of customers will never notice the difference as not everyone is buying these things to monkey with code or large video files.
New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
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Re: New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
#321.3 GB/s vs 2 GB/s read. I think it's perfectly reasonable given most users aren't going to be doing high I/O, and if they did, they'd just get a MBP.
I think the most common pain point with this is going to be an initial iCloud sync if your drive is full of stuff.
Re: New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
#331.3 GB/s vs 2 GB/s read. I think it's perfectly reasonable given most users aren't going to be doing high I/O, and if they did, they'd just get a MBP.
At least next time Jony Ive will not say "fastest disk read ever"
Re: New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
#34> Before you go and start casting aspersions at Apple, the move makes a lot of sense. It'd be one thing if it did this and raised the price, but it actually lowered the price by $100, and the education discount brings it down to $999, making it the most affordable modern MacBook laptop ever (the outdated MacBook Air does not count). Which is fine for the entry-level model. Is it true for the more expensive model? The…
I actually think the current MacBook Air configuration with Touch ID & Retina - $1100 - is basically exactly what I (and many people) want in a personal laptop. It's light, easy to use, plenty fast for anything I do on a regular basis, and the Retina display is excellent. Unless I have reason not to trust it, Touch ID is the perfect way to log in when you: 1. want to have your computer lock after a short period of in…
Yep. I just picked one up a couple weeks ago, it's my first non-MBP but seeing as I have a company-provided i7 MBP I didn't feel like I needed another powerhouse machine for side projects and occasional coding for fun. I love that I have no touch bar but I do have Touch ID.
Coming from a 2014 MBP 13 I definitely didn't notice the slower SSD speed -- editing raw camera files in Lightroom is really fast and the display is phenomenal.
Re: New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
#35It’s been real. After owning 6+ Mac laptops for the past 15 years I’m out.
You'll be back for the trackpad alone.
Re: New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
#36> Before you go and start casting aspersions at Apple, the move makes a lot of sense. It'd be one thing if it did this and raised the price, but it actually lowered the price by $100, and the education discount brings it down to $999, making it the most affordable modern MacBook laptop ever (the outdated MacBook Air does not count). Which is fine for the entry-level model. Is it true for the more expensive model? The…
Touch Bar, no... but Touch ID?
Like I said, I'm not sure. The vast majority of people I know who have an Air or MBP have an older model without Touch ID. They might appreciate it if it is there, but they won't miss it in its absence. The only two people I know who've ever owned one that had it both returned it because they otherwise hated the device.
For me personally, Touch ID makes sense on a phone, because I can do it with a single hand. For a laptop, I'm going to have my fingers on the home row anyway, and typing in even a complicated password is fast.
Re: New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
#371.3 GB/s vs 2 GB/s read. I think it's perfectly reasonable given most users aren't going to be doing high I/O, and if they did, they'd just get a MBP.
I think the most common pain point with this is going to be an initial iCloud sync if your drive is full of stuff.
Are you suggesting your SSD read speed will be a bottleneck when uploading huge amounts of data to the cloud?
What kind of Internet connection do you have?
Re: New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
#381.3 GB/s vs 2 GB/s read. I think it's perfectly reasonable given most users aren't going to be doing high I/O, and if they did, they'd just get a MBP.
I think the most common pain point with this is going to be an initial iCloud sync if your drive is full of stuff.
Thats gigabytes per second. You’d need a 10Gbps+ internet connection to even start getting close to saturation.
Re: New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
#391.3 GB/s vs 2 GB/s read. I think it's perfectly reasonable given most users aren't going to be doing high I/O, and if they did, they'd just get a MBP.
I think the most common pain point with this is going to be an initial iCloud sync if your drive is full of stuff.
Not many people have a WAN link that will notice the difference.
Re: New 2019 MacBook Air features a slower SSD than 2018 model
#40> Before you go and start casting aspersions at Apple, the move makes a lot of sense. It'd be one thing if it did this and raised the price, but it actually lowered the price by $100, and the education discount brings it down to $999, making it the most affordable modern MacBook laptop ever (the outdated MacBook Air does not count). Which is fine for the entry-level model. Is it true for the more expensive model? The…
I'm sure people used to paying Apple prices wouldn't mind those 100$.
This is probably aimed at people from outside the Apple customer base and comparability.