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Is the a good deal? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by Entire_Farmer_2559@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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I was looking to find a new M2 MBA 15in (16/256) when I found this on Amazon. What was surprising was that with AppleCare+ (3 years) added it was only $1438.99 compared to $1499 without it. It states also that it is shipped and sold through Amazon.com. Is there any reason for me to worry or does this seem legit?

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[–] notahackerpirate@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

lol no

[–] false79@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

It's not 500Gb/s HDD

but it ain't 3000Gb/s either. Those SSDs are found only on 512GB models and up.

The 256GB/1500 Gb/s transfer speeds will be a device short lived if use it for anything other than surfing, productivity, checking emails.

[–] RepresentativeAsk431@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Lol yes, airs with 256gb has slower disks than 512gb versions

[–] notahackerpirate@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

M2 MBA gets over 1500 MB/s read/write on 256GB

A 7200rpm HDD is always under 200 MB/s

So no, more than 7x faster is not comparable

Sources:

https://www.theverge.com/23220299/apple-macbook-air-m2-slow-ssd-read-write-speeds-testing-benchmark

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/what-is-a-good-or-normal-read-write-speed-for-a-hdd.2822841/

[–] vodkaknockers@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Nothing like HDD though.