Comment by labcomputer

> It's also why the SSD is slower than a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air;

It's actually not that much slower, at least if you compare machines with the same amount of storage. The M2 and M3 MacBook Air with 256GB comes in at 1700 MB/s[1], while the Neo with 256GB is... drumroll... 1700 MB/s[2].

Yes, Air and Pro machines with more storage are faster. I have not seen any benchmark of the Neo with 512GB, so maybe it lags behind the Air and Pro there. But I've not seen anyone publish a benchmark which actually demonstrates that.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/1gvovdt/the_ultimate_g...

[2] https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-has-up-to-8...