The question on the minds of potential MacBook Air buyers though is around performance. The NAND is 32GB in capacity, totaling 128GB over four chips, giving the end user 121.33GB of usable space. The RAM and NAND are also Samsung branded, marked as K4T2G6314QE-MCF7 and K9PFGD8U7M respectively. The controller is Samsung sourced, with the markings S3C29MAX01-Y340. When we get down to the component level, we see Apple has opted for all Samsung components, which are also found in the Samsung 470 SSD reviewed last year.
Aside from name changes, physically the drives are very similar, Apple maintains the stick-of-gum SSD design. The new SSD is called Apple SSD SM128C, where the previous generation was called Apple SSD TS128C. The screenshot below is from the new MacBook Air, but it looks roughly the same on prior generation MacBook Air notebooks with the Lion update applied.Ī quick glance at the drive details shows TRIM support and a new model number for the SSD. Lion reportedly does hundreds of new or improved things, one of which is now support of TRIM for SSDs. Perhaps one of the most important complaints about SSDs and Apple in general was resolved with the Lion operating system update. We’re most interested in the MacBook Air’s SSD though we quickly tore down the 128GB MacBook Air to see what’s inside in this mini-review. There were few surprises when Apple updated the MacBook Air line yesterday, adding a faster Intel Core i5 processor, more RAM, backlit keyboard and a few other goodies like a Thunderbolt port and Mac OS X Lion.
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