The M2 Mac 'Slow SSD' Issue Explained (in 6 minutes)

Apple's new M2 chips have a secret - their SSD speeds are significantly slower than the previous M1 generation. Is this an actual issue? Will you be affected or even notice it? And should you upgrade the SSD or RAM?

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00:00 M2 Slow SSD Speeds
01:12 Why Are They Slow?
02:13 Will You Notice A Difference?
03:44 Should You Upgrade the SSD or RAM?
05:18 Why Did Apple Do This?

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[CreatedTech]

Leave a comment on this video with your opinion. Is this just Apple being greedy? Do they have any legitimate excuses for doing this? Will you even notice the difference?

[bibasik]

The slow SSDs in the M2 Macs were disappointing, but the slow SSDs in the M2 Pro/Max Macs are straight up insulting! These are "PRO" machines, Apple has no excuse for saving two bucks on the SSD!

[borisf]

As far as I know Apple has not acknowledged this new configuration and/or the slower read/write speed while commanding the same price of 200$ for 256 GB which is about 4-5 times higher than the market price for this size of SSD. Moreover, once you bought it you would have to live with it since Apple does not allow for any change in the configuration. I think that this is why Apple did it. It is win-win for Apple: If you do not like your configuration you would have to sell and buy again with more RAM and/or a bigger SSD. It is very sad that one of the most valuable companies in the world behaves as a cheep store where you have to ask 100 times to be sure that you are paying for the product you were told you were getting. Another point is that Apple and others would continue behaving like that if they are not told that this is unacceptable, i.e., it does not matter if one would or would not notice the difference because of that he/she received/paid not the same product that was advertised.

[MarkLincs]

The SSD speeds wouldn't be an issue at all really if the cost to upgrade wasn't so high. It's £200 just for a measly extra 512gb and if its extra RAM you want, apple are charging £400 to double your 16Gb to 32... Madness.

[liamkwwan]

Got the MBA m2 with 16gb of ram after knowing abt the slow SSD. So far Ive only seen macOS use swap once. I always leave abt a dozen apps opened including 2 browsers with multiple tabs on each and overall performance has been smooth. So between the ram and the SSD upgrade, I'd recommend the ram.

[bryans]

I've got the base model M2 MacBook Air, and I knew going in that about the SSD speed issue. Since the MBA is my travel device and I have a Mac desktop for the heavy lifting it hasn't been an issue for me (i.e., no swap filing so far).

[MrPipmeister]

two reasons - one, to bring the base model in at a lower price point, given than most people going for this base model aren't likely to be audio or video pros - and for whom the base price is key - second (smaller reason), last year there was still a shortage of ssd chips - so putting in a single chip rather than 2 helped Apple guarantee they could bring the new M2 to market on time and in sufficient quantities.

[khyleebrahh]

Apple slowing the ssd speed on the m1 or m2 air is absolutely fair and understandable but on a damn pro MacBook not acceptable regardless of the SSD size you choose

[EXPERTISE]

The bigger issue than just the read/write speeds is that since the nand chips are soldered, having less of them decreases the lifespan of the chip and ur computer as a whole. Its not only increasing profit margins, but will force customers to upgrade their computers sooner, cus once the ssd goes up, ur whole computer is shot. Even if you can find a tech who is willing to do the solder job, theres no way to purchase a brand new nand chip for the macs specific bga, so youd have to use a refurbished nand chip. This whole situation is really ugly and disappointing.

[readerzozo]

Great video, thanks!
I’m planning to buy M2 air with 512GB & 16GB RAM 👌🏻 But does that mean I can safely choose 8 core GPU instead of 10 core GPU with no negative impact on performance and speed? I’m still confused between 8 & 10 core GPU. What do you think?

[bigtakemedia]

Hi guys, I purchased the m1 pro a year ago with 1tb 16gb ram and yesterday upgraded to m2 max with 1tb and 32gb ram hoping it would make my editing on premiere pro better. The conclusion: I'd avoid the upgrade. I feel my m1 pro did a similar job, I was hoping it would make scrubbing on the timeline better but didn't do much. really dissapointed in Apple.

[TheStopwatchGod]

Apple should (imo) have released an actively cooled MacBook Air M2 alongside the passively cooled one instead of a MacBook Pro 13" M2. Because many people think the actively cooled one will be much better and not overheat, it may increase the amount of money apple makes, especially since the MBA has the new design

[guillermolopez]

Normally I wouldn’t care about a slower SSD, however, for Apple silicon systems it DOES matter how fast your internal storage is because of swap memory, like mentioned already on the video, especially considering modern applications simply requiere more RAM and RAM is at a premium in this situation, both because it costs an unreasonable amount of money to upgrade from a base model, but also because this is SHARED memory with the GPU, which means the OS has even LESS memory available as it has to share it.

Anyway, I guess we can only dream of Apple being cheap and giving their “Pro” models more pro specs next time.

[TomlinsonHolman]

Certainly RAM should be upgraded, but doesn’t adding an external SSD with faster than onboard read/write speeds resolve this situation? Great video, as always!

[HNCOCA]

Great video and seeing empty slots on the logic board is the level of detail needed!

[HardikMeel]

The production gets better with every video.

[MikeAlvarado]

Hey there, just to be sure....
A M2 Max 32 Ram 500 SSD has this problem, but the 1 Tb SSD would come with the extra NAND, correct?

[MrGheller]

Need to buy new laptop. Which one between M1 Macbook Pro 14” and M2 Macbook Pro 14”? And why?

[SBH]

Bro your videos are improving. Raise your front camera little high it looks like you’re looking down plus include more medium and close shots from main front camera not only wide shots. When using 2nd camera or B roll be consistent looking at main camera. Also add smooth zoom when making a point about something specific. I see you use teleprompter but it looks natural the way you speak!

Sorry couldn’t resist myself writing this comment!

[DebugMode]

Recently I bought MacBook M2 Pro 14 inch 16GB ram, 512 SSD
No impact on SSD reads & writes?