NVMe SSD (512 GB) Late March Patriot announced its Viper VPN100 M.2 SSD, intended to be a properly fast NVMe drive based on a good price. We had the opportunity to test the 512GB model. This M.2.

The new M2 MacBook Air 15-inch with 16GB RAM and a 512GB SSD is available with a $100 discount, plus $40 off AppleCare, making it one of the best deals on the market.

Apple's new M2 Mac mini with a 512GB SSD (double the amount of storage found in the standard model) is $100 off exclusively for AppleInsider readers, dropping the cost to $699.

The Apple Mac Studio M2 Max with a 512GB SSD and 32GB of RAM is on sale from Best Buy with a $500 discount. Don't miss this ...

Overview: Save $300 on the Apple Mac Mini M2 with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. This tricked-out configuration is at a healthy discount, and it is one of the best available for this generation.

In this regard, MacRumors says, ``If you're looking for the fastest SSD speeds, we recommend choosing a storage configuration of at least 512GB if you're buying an M2 Mac mini.

The writing speed is 2215 MB / s for the MacBook Pro (512 GB SSD) with M1, while the MacBook Pro (256 GB SSD) with M2 is 1463 MB / s, which means that the speed has decreased by about 34%.

It is disappointing to see that the base-level M2 Pro are measurably worse than their predecessors in terms of SSD performance. Especially considering the 14-inch MacBook Pro costs $2,000.

Of course, the SSD in the entry-level M2 MacBook Pro is still quite fast, but cutting the speed by 50% compared to the previous model seems unfair to consumers, especially in a “Pro” machine.

If you are considering the $1,299 model, at this point, it’s worth your while to wait and see if the upcoming M2 MacBook Air has the same 256GB SSD implementation.

Patriot's Ignite M2 SATA III SSD is available in two capacities: 240GB, and 480GB. Sequential read performance for the Ignite M2 SSD is listed at up to 560MB/s.

At the end of March, Patriot released its Viper VPN100 M.2 SSD model, intended to be a really fast NVMe drive with good pricing. We had the opportunity to test the 512GB model. This M.2. NVMe SSD ...