Apple’s 2019 256GB MacBook Air Includes Slower SSD Than 2018 Model

The 2019 MacBook Air, refreshed final week, seems to have a slower SSD than the 2018 MacBook Air, in keeping with testing by French web site Consomac. Using testing with the Blackmagic Disk Speed benchmarking take a look at, the location discovered that the learn speeds of the brand new SSD are decrease.

A take a look at of the 2019 MacBook Air with 256GB of storage demonstrated write speeds of 1GB/s and browse speeds of 1.3GB/s. An equal mannequin launched in 2018 featured write speeds of 920MB/s and browse speeds of 2GB/s. While write speeds are on par with the older machine (and are even barely higher), learn speeds have dropped 35 %.

Consomac additionally noticed write speeds of 500MB/s within the 128GB 2019 MacBook Air and browse speeds of 1.3GB/s, however that is much like the efficiency of the 128GB 2018 MacBook Air as that machine additionally featured giant variations between learn and write efficiency. Higher capability SSDs weren’t examined, however might show the identical slight decline in efficiency.

The 2019 MacBook Air options an up to date True Tone show and a worth drop, beginning at $1,099 as a substitute of $1,199. Students are capable of get the brand new machine even cheaper, with the MacBook Air now priced at $999 with instructional pricing.

It’s potential Apple went with slower SSD efficiency so as to drop the MacBook Air’s worth to a extra inexpensive stage, and it isn’t a change that the majority MacBook Air customers are prone to discover in everyday utilization of the machine, particularly these upgrading from a a lot older mannequin.