Apple's 2019 256GB MacBook Air Includes Slower SSD Than 2018 ModelThe 2019
MacBook Air, refreshed last week, appears to have a slower SSD than the 2018 <!---->MacBook Air<!---->, according to testing by French site
Consomac. Using testing with the Blackmagic Disk Speed benchmarking test, the site found that the read speeds of the new SSD are lower.
A test of the 2019 <!---->MacBook Air<!----> with 256GB of storage demonstrated write speeds of 1GB/s and read speeds of 1.3GB/s. An equivalent model released in 2018 featured write speeds of 920MB/s and read speeds of 2GB/s. While write speeds are on par with the older machine (and are even slightly better), read speeds have dropped 35 percent.
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Consomac also saw write speeds of 500MB/s in the 128GB 2019 <!---->MacBook Air<!----> and read speeds of 1.3GB/s, but this is similar to the performance of the 128GB 2018 <!---->MacBook Air<!----> as that machine also featured large differences between read and write performance. Higher capacity SSDs were not tested, but may display the same slight decline in performance.
The 2019 <!---->MacBook Air<!----> features an updated True Tone display and a price drop, starting at $1,099 instead of $1,199. Students are able to get the new machine even cheaper, with the <!---->MacBook Air<!----> now priced at $999 with educational pricing.
It's possible Apple went with slower SSD performance in order to drop the <!---->MacBook Air<!---->'s price to a more affordable level, and it's not a change that most <!---->MacBook Air<!----> users are likely to notice in day to day usage of the machine, especially those upgrading from a much older model.
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