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A LOOK INSIDE THE 2013 HASWELL MACBOOK AIR
We were excited to get the 2013 MacBook on our bench because we had learned that the 128GB SSD was a SanDisk Marvell based solution, while that of the 512GB SSD was Samsung, and there was a slight performance difference between the two. Word on the manufacture of the 256GB SSD had not reached the web as of yet.
If you plan on removing the base of your MBA, you are going to need a pentalobe screwdriver as none other will work. Apple relies heavily on the pentalobe to prevent users from getting into their Apple devices and damaging them. A simple click on any of our photos will bring up a larger high resolution image.
FLASH STORAGE EXPLAINED
Make no mistake about it, flash storage technology is one of the most valuable advances we have seen in technology for some time. We see it every day in our smart phones. Where once we were limited to simply calling and texting, today’s smart phone is now a portable computer that can be used for just about anything. The same can be said about computers.
PC systems have been transitioning to SSDs, from hard drives, since 2007 and today’s PCs can now start in 15 seconds, rather than over a minute as we still see with hard drives. SSDs account for the most visible upgrade a user will see and feel, even more so than a CPU, memory or even a graphics card. Another transition is now occurring as well. Storage speeds are opening up and the speed and performance of newer PC systems, laptops and ultrabooks is increasing in magnitude.
When SSDs were first released, their interface was that of SATA 2 which allowed the transfer of data up to speeds of 275MB/s. SATA 3 followed that and data transfer increased to roughly 540MB/s. The controller wasn’t limited, but rather, a bottleneck was created by the interface. The 2013 MacBook Air breaks through that barrier by using a new PCIe interface that doesn’t have any bottleneck whatsoever. Because of this, the 2013 MacBook Air is the first to have performance in excess of 700MB/s read and write data transfer speeds. Let’s follow that up with a bit of verification:
Where did you buy this from? The price listed on Apple is $2100 dollars? DId you buy it from retail or Apple, are you from Australia or America?
We have links in the article that lead right to sales. Do they not help?
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“The 13″ MBA has a 1440 x 900 native resolution with a 4:3 aspect ratio”
I think you might find it’s closer to 16:10 🙂
Right you are…corrected and thanks!