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		bydo on Nov 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 16-inch MBP 2x slower than M1 MacBook Air in a rea... The SSDs are faster, but only by ~20%: https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BlackMagic... From the TechCrunch review, which is pretty breathless but also contains a lot of good data: https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/17/yeah-apples-m1-macbook-pro...

spronkey on Nov 19, 2020 [–]

Sequential performance is only one facet of overall SSD performance. Some older Apple SSDs weren't the greatest at random reads and writes - it's possible these new ones are quite a bit faster in that department, FWIW.

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