That is almost twice as fast as the current MacBook Air SSD from Samsung (below, right), which itself is significantly faster than Toshiba’s SSD. Typical speeds were over 400MB/s write and 500MB/s reads (below, left). How fast is the 830 Series controller/chips? I had a chance to speed test the popular 2.5-inch 830 model late last year when it debuted. Samsung told me that it sold out of the 470 series OEM SSDs late last year and the company only makes a much faster variety: the 830 series. Well, the speed difference is about to get even more noticeable. We have talked about the speed difference before and how Air-buyers often will pay a premium for the faster Samsung drives. Samsung’s 470 OEM SSD product is noticeably faster than the Toshiba model that Apple also puts in otherwise identical MacBook Airs. ![]() Samsung and Toshiba are the OEMs that provide the SSDs in MacBook Airs. I had a chance to meet with Samsung Storage solutions at CES 2012 this week and got the low down on its new OEM SSDs that Apple tends to buy in large numbers.
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