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Apple 14" MacBook Pro Laptop (2023, MPHE3LL/A, Space Gray) on sale for
$1749.
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Specs:
- Apple M2 Pro 10-Core Processor (6x high-performance + 4x high-efficiency)
- 14.2" 3024x1964 Liquid Retina XDR 120 Hz Display
- 512GB Solid State Drive
- 16-Core Integrated GPU
- 16GB Unified Memory
- 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E / Bluetooth 5.3
- FaceTime HD 1080p Camera
- Force Touch Trackpad | Touch ID Sensor
- Backlit Magic Keyboard
- macOS
- Ports:
- 3x Thunderbolt 4
- 1x MagSafe 3
- 1x HDMI
- 1x SDXC
Top Comments
The base model M1 and M2 MacBook Air provide just 256GB of storage. With the M1 MacBook Air, that storage was split between two 128GB Kioxia NAND chips. As Apple moved to the M2, they switched to newer NAND chips that provided 256GB of storage per chip. This meant that the base model M2 MacBook Air with just 256GB of storage had only one NAND chip, and the performance of the SSD was impacted as a result.
Like the M1 Air, the base 512GB M1 Pro had its storage split between four 128GB NAND chips. In iFixit's teardown, they show two 128GB NAND chips on one side of the board, and a further two 128GB NAND chips on the other side. Like the M2 Air before it, the M2 MacBook Pro seems to have switched to larger NAND chips, with the base model seeing slower SSD performance as a result.
With the notable lower SSD performance in my M2 Pro MacBook Pro, I wanted to take a look inside to confirm why. Sure enough, where the 512GB M1 Pro MacBook Pro had two NAND chips visible on the front of the motherboard and another two on the back, the M2 Pro MacBook Pro had only one visible on the front of the board. There is likely a second NAND chip directly apposing this, as the M1 had.
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But in regards to the $50 less, this is at Amazon where many get 5% back, so its basically a wash...
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Waiting for a good deal on M2 MBP 14" 1TB.
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