Apple MacBook Air M2 storage speed testing: yup, it's slow - The Verge
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Apple’s new M1 MacBook Air has only one NAND storage chip, and that limitation is showing. We’ve tested out the base model, and its SSD is slower than that of the 1TB model we were sent for review.
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Apple MacBook Air M2 storage speed testing: yup, it's slow - The Verge
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Apple MacBook Air M2 storage speed testing: yup, it's slow - The Verge
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Apple MacBook Air M2 storage speed testing: yup, it's slow - The Verge
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