{"id":3595,"date":"2024-03-10T04:22:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T04:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.eastlink.com.np\/?p=3595"},"modified":"2024-05-07T09:55:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T09:55:19","slug":"apples-new-m3-macbook-air-improved-ssd-speeds-and-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.eastlink.com.np\/?p=3595","title":{"rendered":"Apple&#8217;s New M3 MacBook Air Improved SSD Speeds and Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Apple unveiled its latest M3 <a href=\"https:\/\/eastlink.com.np\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MacBook<\/a> Air this week, touting faster performance, Wi-Fi 6E support, and the ability to connect dual external displays. Additionally, Apple addressed a previous issue affecting the base model MacBook Air: SSD storage speeds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastlink.com.np\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Improved SSD Storage:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the previous-generation base model M2 MacBook Air with 256GB of storage, slower SSD speeds were observed compared to higher-tier configurations. This was due to the base model&#8217;s use of a single 256GB storage chip, rather than two 128GB chips, as seen in the M1 MacBook Air.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastlink.com.np\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Enhanced Performance:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new M3 MacBook Air features significantly faster SSD speeds, thanks to Apple&#8217;s switch to using two 128GB storage chips for the base model. This enables parallel processing of tasks, resulting in significantly increased data transfer speeds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eastlink.com.np\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Performance Comparison:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Testing by Max Tech demonstrated notable improvements in SSD speeds. The M3 MacBook Air achieved write speeds of 2108 MB\/s, up from the M2 MacBook Air&#8217;s 1584 MB\/s. Similarly, read speeds saw a substantial boost, with the M3 <a href=\"https:\/\/eastlink.com.np\/\">MacBook<\/a> Air reaching 2880 MB\/s compared to the M2 <a href=\"https:\/\/eastlink.com.np\/\">MacBook<\/a> Air&#8217;s 1576 MB\/s.<\/p>\n<p>These enhancements indicate that the M3 MacBook Air boasts SSD write speeds approximately 33% faster and read speeds around 82% faster than its predecessor. These speeds are comparable to, and in some cases, exceed those of the <a href=\"https:\/\/eastlink.com.np\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M1 MacBook Air<\/a>, marking a significant improvement in performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple unveiled its latest M3 MacBook Air this week, touting faster performance, Wi-Fi 6E support, and the ability to connect dual external displays. Additionally, Apple addressed a previous issue affecting the base model MacBook Air: SSD storage speeds. Improved SSD Storage: In the previous-generation base model M2 MacBook Air with 256GB of storage, slower SSD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[71,54,162,161,160,150],"class_list":["post-3595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cloud-hosting","tag-personaldatasafety-mobilesecurity-stolendeviceprevention-remotelocking-unauthorizedaccess-dataerasure-mobileprivacy-iphonesafety","tag-ai","tag-applemacbookm3","tag-m3","tag-mac","tag-macbookair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.eastlink.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.eastlink.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.eastlink.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.eastlink.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.eastlink.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.eastlink.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.eastlink.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.eastlink.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.eastlink.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.eastlink.com.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}