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> I definitely think Apple is "cheating" somehow Not necessarily, as the X-25 is on a SATA-2 bus (maxes out at 300MB/s) and the special built-in SSD may be con
by wazoox 16y ago
> I definitely think Apple is "cheating" somehow
Not necessarily, as the X-25 is on a SATA-2 bus (maxes out at 300MB/s) and the special built-in SSD may be connected to a faster bus (maybe PCIe?).
- AngryParsley 16y agoSystem Profiler says the SSD is on a SATAII bus. The model is APPLE SSD TS128C, which doesn't help me pin down the real manufacturer. If I had to put money on it, I'd say it's a rebranded Samsung SSD, since Apple seems to do that pretty often. Edit: Apparently I would lose money if I bet on that. :)
- dagw 16y agoThe macbook air that ifixit took apart had "Toshiba" written both on the assembly and on the individual memory chips. But it's not impossible that they have more than one source of SSDs.
- wazoox 16y agoAccording to the arstechnica article, the new Air SSD is way faster than the SSD included in the previous generation. I'd like to see meaningful numbers (like throughput and IOPS) but my bet is that it's not on a real SATA bus. Edit: well it's still SATA after all : http://www.anandtech.com/show/3991/apples-2010-macbook-air-11-13inch-reviewed/4 http://www.anandtech.com/show/3991/apples-2010-macbook-air-1...