New MacBook Air and the performance of their SSD drives

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Last week Apple went on sale a renewal of the MacBook Air. A team that is still really awesome but we expected that the next generation would include Retina display. Only the processor has changed. We now have an Intel Core i5 1.4 Ghz in the basic model and a Core i7 to 1.7 Ghz in the most powerful models. Well, the CPU and the prices have also dropped. 

Those were the only changes but those who have been able to test the equipment have shown that the storage units are a bit slower. There is a very marked decline but some people are surprised that happen.

Macworld tested the basic models of 11 and 13 inches and compared with those presented last year. So, after performing various tests results are as follows:

The tests provide happend more satisfactory models in the current previous year. Motives? As we know, Apple uses components from different manufacturers. So manufacturers like Toshiba and Samsung are among those making memory chips for the company. And that's where the difference is. 

The 2014 MacBook Air is an Apple SSD TS0128F unit for 11-inch model, while the 13-inch model we see an Apple SSD SD0256F. The first is Toshiba and the second is Samsung. While models have Apple SSD SM0256F 2013 in 11-inch Apple SSD SM0128F in 13 inches.

Every generation SSDs

With the change of traditional disks current 2.5 " SSD mounting by Apple company has been using different storage units for each generation. So an SSD drive on a MacBook Air 2012 can not be used for one of 2013. There are not third-party options, except for the OWC, and every generation has its particular model. 

Therefore, we have to accept these possible differences in speed. Which in some cases are very good compared to previous models and in others, like the present case, are slightly worse. Of course, in the current MacBook Air are not very marked differences and taking into account the uses made of these teams are not penalized excessively.