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fromThe Verge
5 days ago

Apple's new M5 Max feels like a huge upgrade if you bought your laptop 3 years ago

Apple claims that its 2026 models can deliver "up to 2x" the sustained read and write speeds of the M4 Pro and Max laptops. In our testing, the 4TB SSD in the 16-inch M5 Max MacBook Pro bore that out: our unit could sustain a 13.6GB/s read speed and an even higher 17.8GB/s write speed.
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fromZDNET
2 months ago

The SSD mistake I see everywhere - and the one model that fixes it

5th-generation NVMe SSDs deliver roughly twice Gen4 performance but require a Gen5-capable system, strong cooling, and proper thermal management for optimal results.
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fromKotaku
3 months ago

Samsung Goes Nuclear on 9100 PRO SSD Pricing, All Sizes Are Selling for a New All-Time Low - Kotaku

Samsung 9100 PRO delivers PCIe 5.0 SSD performance with 14,700 MB/s reads, transforming load times while hitting record-low prices across capacities.
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fromKotaku
3 months ago

Apple Skips Black Friday at Its Stores, But Quietly Drops the MacBook Air to a New All-Time Low on Amazon - Kotaku

Amazon reduced the 2025 MacBook Air with M4 chip and 256GB SSD to $749, a 25% Black Friday cut that matches mid-range Windows laptop pricing.
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fromZDNET
5 months ago

Don't make this SSD mistake - here's the model I recommend for easy data transferring

5th-generation NVMe SSDs double prior-generation performance, enabling serious gamers and pro content creators to handle very large files with substantially faster storage.
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