SSD performance of new MacBook Air?

There are huge performance differences for SSDs. Does anyone have some numbers about the performance of the SSD of the new MBA?
Depending on the speed it may make sense to get buy it with the cheaper harddisk drive and then replace it with a really fast SSD

Here are a couple on older models...they should be close in performance...
http://www.barefeats.com/macair1.html
http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2008/02/macbook-air-ssd-review.ars
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    Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In, 512 MB
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    Here is another log. Directly referencing AirPort.
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    panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8022ab7e75): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7fa3fe8412, type 14=page fault, registers:
    CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffffffe4316dbf, CR3: 0x000000002449d000, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
    RAX: 0x0000000000000046, RBX: 0xffffff80376fd000, RCX: 0x0000000000000040, RDX: 0xffffff8035b4db80
    RSP: 0xffffff8111e93e60, RBP: 0xffffff8111e93e80, RSI: 0x000000000000145e, RDI: 0xffffff8036391600
    R8:  0xffffff802307ded0, R9:  0xffffff80341bd6e8, R10: 0xffffff80230bdc20, R11: 0xffffff802307de88
    R12: 0x0000000035b2f641, R13: 0xffffff8035b46d80, R14: 0x0000000000000008, R15: 0xffffff8036044000
    RFL: 0x0000000000010206, RIP: 0xffffff7fa3fe8412, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000000
    Fault CR2: 0xffffffffe4316dbf, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x0
    Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff8111e93b00 : 0xffffff8022a1d626
    0xffffff8111e93b70 : 0xffffff8022ab7e75
    0xffffff8111e93d40 : 0xffffff8022acd3bd
    0xffffff8111e93d60 : 0xffffff7fa3fe8412
    0xffffff8111e93e80 : 0xffffff7fa4000635
    0xffffff8111e93f00 : 0xffffff7fa3fea780
    0xffffff8111e93f20 : 0xffffff8022e4928a
    0xffffff8111e93f60 : 0xffffff8022a3dcde
    0xffffff8111e93fb0 : 0xffffff8022ab2957
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
             com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331(612.20.15)[6AE73EF5-05CC-3FC4-8D4F-1506DFE72D 0B]@0xffffff7fa3fba000->0xffffff7fa41b2fff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[7EECA562-F708-37FF-9757-CA9C98939903]@0xffff ff7fa3044000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(510.4)[3846178D-C705-39A8-8685-480C05F7BBE0]@0xff ffff7fa3f54000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(3.0)[FE3163C6-2874-3843-A96F-5DB796ED27CA]@0 xffffff7fa3f29000
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
    Mac OS version:
    12C3103
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.1: Thu Oct 18 12:13:47 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.20.9~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
    Kernel slide:     0x0000000022800000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8022a00000
    System model name: MacBookAir5,1 (Mac-XXXXXXXXXXXXX)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 12893828679492
    last loaded kext at 480561254058: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.5 (addr 0xffffff7fa44a6000, size 106496)
    last unloaded kext at 766593838911: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs          1.8 (addr 0xffffff7fa3ec7000, size 57344)
    loaded kexts:
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.5
    com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.81
    com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler          2.0.6d1
    com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.1.2f9
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.5fc12
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.5fc12
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics          8.0.6
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          612.20.15
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.2f9
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.3d0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.11
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri          8.0.6
    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.13
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          237.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          237.1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache          34
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.3.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.5.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.5.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.5.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI          1.5.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
    com.apple.security.quarantine          2
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.5fc12
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc11
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.1.2f9
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          510.4
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.11d0
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.2f9
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    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          170.2
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    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          237.3
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  • Problem - new MacBook Air cannot see external HD

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    http://www.phonenews.com/toshiba-acknowledges-macbook-woes-canvio-usb-3-0-hard-d rives-18699/
    Toshiba Acknowledges MacBook Woes in Canvio USB 3.0 Hard Drives
    By Christopher Price on December 27, 2011
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  • New Macbook Air with bad battery life

    I've got a new Macbook Air (2013, 11-inch) and I upgraded the RAM and the processor. I'm only getting 6 hours max from the battery, which is disappointing because I wanted to be able to do a day's work without a charger. I've already sent one back and had it replaced, but the new one has the same problem. I've done a call with Apple Support, where they directed me to the help article I'd already read. I've checked Activity Monitor and killed everything I can. I've turned off Bluetooth as well. I use Chrome a lot, Tweetdeck is running, but neither of these things I'd expect to result in a 6 hour battery at 100%.
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  • Is there a way to connect the new MacBook Air to an audio interface that only has FireWire 400 input?

    I recently acquired the new MacBook Air for my performance rig and have discovered that there is no way to connect it to either of my audio interfaces [both have FireWire 400 ports only.  Is there an adaptor for this?  I can't seem to find one.

    Later on this month, both Belkin and Sonnet have indicated that they will have means to adapt the Thunderbolt port to the Firewire 800 interface.
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  • New Macbook Air over Old Macbook Pro 13" ?

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    http://j.mp/f3wBt9

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