Yep. There are other things that significantly affect perf in addition to newer technology (like XTS): for most users, the block device is an SSD, and for most

Yep. There are other things that significantly affect perf in addition to newer technology (like XTS): for most users, the block device is an SSD, and for most users, your CPU knows how to do AES quickly. Both have significant improvements to performance, up to the point where turning on FileVault 2 for a Mac is a no-brainer now.