Hi,
I thought this article at the LowEnd Mac site titled, "SSD: Why the
2010 MacBook Air Is So Fast" by Dan Knight did a good job of
explaining the previous speed performance limits (historically, and
also for the MBA in recent technology context):
http://lowendmac.com/musings/10mm/ssd-means-fast.html
The performance boost is, in large part, due to the solid state disk
performance, as Matthew J mentioned, but there's a slight edge from
also having your base system integrated and tuned to use this
hardware. And if you want the very fastest edge, you'll have to
custom order the 4GB memory option online, since the memory is not
user upgradable from the models you buy from the retailer.
HTH. Cheers,
Esther
On Nov 16, 2010, Matthew Campbell wrote:
The SSD makes the macbook air a lot speedier in some tasks as well
and the reason for that is because the hard drive is one of the
slowest parts in a computer.
On 2010-11-16, Matthew J wrote:
hi all,
I'm afraid I don't quite understand why the MBA is generating such
hipe in the news at the moment. I know its a little bit smaller and
thinner, I accept that and that it might be good for some users,
but the fact of it having only 1 USB port and no direct ethernet,
plus 7 hrs of battery when the mbp bosts 10? *headdesk* but I have
a quick question.
Wouldn't an mbp, just the stock 2.4 duo core one, with a solid
state 128 gb ssd come out of standby in say 3 seconds, just like
the macbook air does? That plus a longer battery life more ram and
a very similar price point, even factoring in the ssd upgrade?
Since I know you can't put a 7200 rpm in an mbp13 is why I chose
the ssd because a 5400 yeah, its a bit slow, no doubt.
So basically, why haven't people thought of this? or is it really
just a few inches and a bit of thickness causing people to shell
out for these?
MJ
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