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		mrtesthah on July 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New MacBook Air with M2 The Pro M2 has excessive thermal throttling and significantly lower flash storage throughput.

madeofpalk on July 6, 2022 | [–]

This Air has the exact same chip as that MBP.. If the M2 in the 13" MBP (not the M2 Pro, which is currently unreleased) gets thermally throttled, we'll have to see how it performs in a device without a fan.

Tempest1981 on July 6, 2022 | [–]

Isn't the SSD only slower on the 256GB models, due to fewer flash chips?

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