#Macbook pro 2013 ssd type serial#

PCIe 3.0 is capable of a theoretical maximum of 8GB/sec, allowing plenty of spare capacity for faster future generations of SSD. SATA 3 is good for around 600MB/sec, which was more than fast enough for hard drives but not capable of keeping up with the speeds of modern SSDs.

#Macbook pro 2013 ssd type serial#

PCIe is a high-speed serial link used only on the latest Macs, replacing the slower SATA connections of earlier machines. Being the owner of both 20 MBA releases, I am very happy that both systems have Samsung SSDs instlled. Moving forward to the most recent release of Mac products, Apple has now altered their SSD make-up somewhat and we now find newer 2013 systems containing SanDisk PCIe SSDs, or that of Samsung. The MBP 15 is able to achieve these speeds because it has aВ 4-channel PCIe connection to the SSD, in contrast to the 2-channel link on the MBP 13В and MacBook AirВ models, though from some reader reports this may be the case only on models fitted with 1TB drives вЂ¦ WHAT TYPE OF SSD FITS IN A MACBOOK PRO EARLY 2013 MAC. The reason for this isnвЂ™t yet clear: it may be the drives used offer greater bandwidth.Д«enchmark tests by French site Mac4EverВ show that the latest MacBook Pro 15В is delivering SSD read and write speeds in excess of 1GB per second.В The site repeatedly achieved these speeds when Apple claims only вЂњup to 775MB per second.вЂќ MacBook Pro 13' (2013) - QWERTY - English (US) Retina - Core i5 - 2.4 GHz - SSD 256 GB - RAM 8GB 1,299.00 This price is given by your seller and corresponds either to the manufacturer's recommended new price or to the average new price found at various distributors.

Update: It appears this may be a function of the 1TB drives fitted to both 13- and 15-inch models. Apple MacBook Pro 13 with Retina display Early 2013 (Core i5 2600 Mhz/13.3'/2560x1600/8Gb/512Gb/DVD /Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/MacOS X).