Apple limits SSD performance of new entry-level MacBook Pro and Mac mini

Now that the review embargo on the M2-based MacBook Pros and Mac minis has expired, several parties have found that the lowest-end models have fewer nand chips than their predecessors. While this does not necessarily have an impact on capacity, benchmarks do show that the SSDs of these devices perform less well. For example, 9to5Mac has determined that the basic edition of the MacBook Pro with the M2 Pro and 512 GB of storage has respective read and write …