This results in SSD read and write performance that’s dramatically lower than the previous generation. The base model M1 and M2 MacBook Air provide just 256GB of storage.

This is way ahead of what the 2021 MacBook Pro was capable of at its very best, and the 990 Pro is a PCIe 4.0 SSD. Once PCIe 5.0 SSDs start becoming mainstream, even the best MacBook Pro won't be ...

Test results published by Tom's Guide also show that the new M2 Pro has faster write speeds than the M1 Pro, but slightly slower read speeds. Testing the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Max, the ...

9to5Mac's photo of an M2 MacBook Pro logic board with a single NAND chip where the M1 MacBook Pro has two. The reverse side of the board likely houses the SSD's other NAND chip.

Even accounting for this slower SSD, there's still a lot that makes the MacBook Pro 2023 worthy of its spot on our best laptops list. The M2 Pro and M2 Max chips are seriously powerful, but still ...

The M2 Pro and M2 Max chips are not the only faster features on Apple's new MacBook Pro laptops. Newsletters Games ... the performance of the M2 13-inch MacBook Pro, which we tested with a 1TB SSD." ...

It looks like the base-level 14-inch MacBook Pro running Apple’s new M2 Pro chip has worse SSD performance than its predecessor. According to tests run by 9to5Mac, the old M1 Pro MacBook Pro had a ...

Created Tech and Max Tech tested the $1,299 13-inch MacBook Pro with a 256GB SSD, the smallest capacity available, and their results show that the SSD’s read speeds are significantly slower than ...

And as a result of the fewer chips, the 512GB M2 Pro MacBook Pro has slower SSD performance than its predecessor. We assume the entry-level 16-inch MacBook Pro, which also has a 512GB SSD, has the ...

The MacBook Pro 16 starts at $2,500 for a 12-core CPU/19-core GPU M2 Pro, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. The laptop tops out at $6,500 for a 12-core CPU/38-core GPU M2 Max, 96GB of RAM, and an 8TB SSD.