After the release of new MacBooks with the M2 chip, the Internet erupted righteous anger: Base Air and Pro 256GB drives are slower than previous laptops.
The thing is that in the MacBooks of the generation two SSDs of 128 GB each were installed, and in the new ones, Apple installed one NAND chip for a 256 GB solid state drive.
As a result of processor benchmarks, 2022 MacBook read speed is 50% slower compared to 2020 size with M1 chip, 1446MB/s vs 2900MB/s, write speed is 30% slower, 1463MB/s vs 2215MB /With.
I’ve been using this for almost a week nowslow» MacBook Air M2 every day and is ready to share his impressions: is it worth taking a new product?
How the MacBook Air 2022 behaves in basic scenarios
Photoshop opens in seconds.
Every day I usually use Chrome with a couple of tabs open, the obligatory Photoshop, sometimes Final Cut to install popular videos, plus Telegram, client programs, Word and Apple Music are always running in the background.
I constantly switch between all the applications, almost always some YouTube video is playing in the background, and this happens with the very loss and until late in the evening.
In terms of reading speed, my laptop does not show any significant numbers, I’m sure for myself:
However, these are just numbers. But what really?
Actually my MacBook Air 2022 M2 feels faster than my MacBook Pro 2020 M1 review.
Photoshop opens almost instantly, not once in seven days did I notice lags or slowdowns. the laptop is completely silent and does not heat up, it’s just some kind of magic!
Several desktops with human programs are not a problem. Everything flies.
Working with “heavy” photos is also surprising: all actions are pleasant, smooth and instantaneous. The same with rendering – videos up to 5 minutes are “digested” very quickly. A few seconds faster than the 2020 MacBook Pro with M1.
Yes, if you are into music, CAD or 3D – 8 GB of RAM will most likely not be enough for you. Look towards the model with 16 or 32 GB.
The problem with the “slow” memory of basic 2022 MacBooks is exaggerated
This is what my MacBook Air M2 board looks like. Blue equipped with an M2 chip, red – empty space for NAND flash memory.
Every day is getting stronger and stronger.
Back in the summer of 2022, Apple commented on the situation with the drives in their MacBooks to their Western colleagues from The Verge.
Briefly, then although synthetic tests and lower write and read speeds, in fact using the new NAND chip, a faster increase in performance of M2-based laptops in rare conditions.
So in the end, all fears were in vain. I guarantee that for most users, the SSD speed on the 2022 MacBook Air M2 will be more than enough for everyday tasks such as typing and editing “stretched” RAW photos, as well as for video editing small clips.
We have already detailed the rest of the pros and cons in a separate review. Must read:
▪️ Review of MacBook Air with M2 processor (2022). Pros and cons after a week
Despite the prefix “pro” and the tests, I have never returned. Because tests are tests, and I’m used to trusting my own impressions.
Impressions are simply amazing.
The 2022 MacBook Air M2 with 256 GB of storage and 8 GB of RAM is now $109,990. You can safely pick up.
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Source: Iphones RU
