![]() The RunCore Pro IV for the B/C MacBook Air is a do-it-yourself upgrade. The contents of the RunCore Pro IV SSD package I tested the 128GB version for the Revision C (current) MacBook Air. The ZIF-based Pro IV for the “ Revision A” (original) MacBook Air is slightly less expensive at $120 for 16GB, $160 for 32GB, $260 for 64GB, and $460 for 128GB. The RunCore upgrade isn’t inexpensive: The LIF-based Pro IV SSD for the “ Revision B” and “ Revision C” MacBook Air models costs $190 for 32B, $290 for 64GB, and a whopping $480 for the version, at 128GB, that doesn’t require you to make do with less storage than you already have. (The Pro IV SSD also works with the $1799 MacBook Air, although you won’t see as dramatic improvements in performance, given that this model already has an SSD.) And since SSDs generally require less power than traditional hard drives-less, even, than the low-power 1.8-inch models used in the $1499 MacBook Air-you should also see better battery life and cooler internal temperatures, although I didn’t test these aspects of the upgrade. This solid-state drive is advertised as providing a “5x to 40x” increase in system performance over most SSDs by improving small-file read and write speeds. ![]() You could opt for to the $1799 Air, which bumps the processor speed from 1.86GHz to 2.13GHz and swaps out the slow, 120GB SATA drive for a faster, 128GB SSD (solid-state drive), but RunCore offers an alternative: replacing the drive in the $1499 MacBook Air with RunCore’s own Pro IV SSD.
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