Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro M2 has a lot to offer, but the entry-level model comes with a rather disappointing downgrade. The base model with 256GB of storage has significantly slower SSD performance speeds than the previous M1 generation.
You’d think getting Apple’s latest and greatest MacBook Pro with the new M2 processor would bring improvements, just as Apple touted on stage. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case for storage.
A report from MacRumors detailed how YouTubers Max Tech and Created Tech got their hands on Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook, tested the entry-level 256GB M2, and found the SSD’s read speeds to be about 50 percent slower than the 256 -GB-M1-MacBook Pro which replaced it. Also, write speeds were about 30 percent slower.
The YouTubers physically opened up Apple’s new machine and searched for answers. We see that the problem lies with Apple’s SSD NAND Flash configuration. With the latest M2 MacBook, Apple opted for a single 256GB SSD, but the previous model had two 128GB SSDs with much better performance.
However, we have good news. Slower SSD performance is only an issue on Apple’s most affordable 256GB MacBook Pro 13 M2 laptop. When you upgrade to 512GB or more, you can expect performance and speeds on par with previous generations.
If you’re considering the new M2 MacBook Pro, you might want to pay extra for more storage, which translates to better performance. I’m curious to see how Apple’s upcoming MacBook Air will fare against the M2 when it arrives.
via MacRumors
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