Not a bug, but a feature: Apple commented on the slower SSD in the new MacBook Air M2

In early June, as part of WWDC 2022, Apple introduced its new laptop, the MacBook Air M2.
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the first users began to receive their devices in their hands. Of course, among them there were many who decided to test the new product in various scenarios.

As a result, it turned out that the base Air is based onThe M2 processor shows up to 50% and 30% slower read and write speeds, respectively, compared to the 2020 model. For a while, Apple kept silent about this, but now, finally, she gave a comment to The Verge:

Thanks to the performance increase of the M2, newThe MacBook Air and MacBook Pro remain blazingly fast, even when compared to laptops based on the more powerful M1 versions. The systems use a new high-density NAND memory that allows 256 GB to fit on a single chip. Although SSD tests may show a difference compared to the previous generation, M2-based systems perform an order of magnitude better in real-world conditions.

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Thus, Apple confirmed that it sees no problems in what happened. The company suggests paying attention not to the speed of the SSD, but to the overall performance of the laptop.

It follows from this that it is obviously not worth waiting for any corrections (for example, in new games).