This might not be the best news if you just snagged a 2019 model MacBook Air.
Per the mighty Consomac, the 2019 MacBook Air released last week features a slower SSD than its 2018 counterpart.
After running the trusty Blackmagic Disk Speed test, it turns out that the read speeds of the 2019 MacBook Air’s SSD are slower. The utility reported write speeds of 1GB/s and read speeds of 1.3GB/s. The 2018 MacBook Air had write speeds of 920MB/s and read speeds of 2GB/s.
The read and write speeds of the 128GB SSD model proved similar to the equivalent 2018 model, with write speeds of 500MB/s and read speeds of 1.3GB/s. Models with higher capacity SSDs weren’t tested. The slower speeds could be a result of Apple lowering the price of the 2019 MacBook Air.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via The Mac Observer and Consomac