Apple Switches From Toshiba To Speedier Samsung Ssds For New Macbook Air Shipments

Toshiba MacBook Air “blade” SSD – iFixit

Anandtech notices that Apple’s newer MacBook Air shipments appear to contain Samsung-built SSDs versus Toshiba ones that originally shipped in the MacBook Air. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when Apple made this change but it’s worth noting that our MacBook Air from late 2010 carries a Toshiba SSD and the one we purchased about a month ago carries a Samsung SSD. Additionally, iFixit’s teardown from 2010 features the Toshiba drive.

The Samsung SSD carries a model number of SM128C while the Toshiba drive is labeled as TS128C. To the consumer, a change in manufacturer and model number may not mean much, but that’s not the full story in this situation. According to tests (chart below) the Samsung SSD is significantly faster than the Toshiba version. Anandtech summarizes this chart:

So, what drive do you have?

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