The successor to the Samsung-branded SSD inside your 2011 MacBook Air has just been announced. The Samsung PM830 supports the SATA revision 3.0 interface and is capable of transmissions of up to 6 Gbps. Not to mention these drives deliver double the performance of company’s current SATA 3 Gbps drives, recording sequential read speeds of 500 MB/s and writes speeds of 350 MB/s. How do you like them apples?
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The subtle change in clock speed from 1.4 to 1.6 GHz in the 2011 11-inch MacBook Air might sound small on paper, but in terms of benchmarks, it’s nothing short of monumental. Using Geekbench as a baseline, the late 2010 13-inch MacBook Air scored 2681 with its Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz processor while the 11-inch 1.4 GHz Core 2 Duo managed a respectable 2024. Ready to have your mind blown with the 2011 MacBook Air Geekbench results? We thought so.
The tall tell sign of an Apple product refresh has long been either inventory shortages or refurbished price cuts. Now priced at $829 (£503), down from $849 last week, the refurbished 11-inch MacBook Air sits at a 17 percent discount. We’ve heard rumblings the 2011 MacBook Air could see an Intel Core I upgrade or possibly even the iPad 2’s A5 processor — assuming Apple’s alleged departure from Intel to ARM proves true. Will we see new MacBook Airs announced next week?