Comments on: MacBook Air Revision Features 512GB SSD Fueling Apples Position In Ongoing Ultra Wars

By: test test

test test — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:25:00 +0000

In order to meet the very real demands of making small hardware – proprietary connectors, sizes, interfaces, and form factors need to be used.

Regarding compression.. Sandforce stuff is just plain bastardized, so many non standard cheats are used that these aren’t going to stand the test of time. And it begins with piss-poor benchmarks for compressed files!

By: Les@TheSSDReview

Les@TheSSDReview — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 04:08:00 +0000

In reply to skEptiK.

There is a small wire switch between the Mac mSATA interface and that of regular SSDs. A Mac SSD cannot be installed into a PC and likewise the other way around, as I have been told. I have never tried this though as I have been steadfast PC guy for several years waging the PC war against Apple.

Today, the earth stopped. We have this very Ivy Bridge i7/8GB/256GB SSD Mac Air on the way to our site as I am following through on a dare that has been several years in the making. No doubt that I will definitely switch off the MacAir blade or ‘gumstick’ SSD for that of same design in my Zen just to validate what I have stated above.

By: skEptiK

skEptiK — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 02:49:00 +0000

So does this use the standard mSATA connector or some Apple proprietary SSD connector that again makes upgrading a costly exercise for the consumer?

And though proprietary may seem like the future to some, it is definitely not a good thing for the consumer.

By: Zaxx

Zaxx — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:19:00 +0000

A quick incompressible bench will tell the tale…imo it’s gonna be a Marvell.