Yes, your Mac's storage is hamstrung, but you wouldn't even know it if I didn't tell you

An Apple MacBook Air 15-inch laptop sitting on a wooden table

OK, so here's the deal. Apple has started a new trend where it uses half the number of NAND storage chips in some of its Macs, impacting read and write speeds as a result. And it's really upset some people.

But it shouldn't. There, simple. I saved you reading a thousand words explaining things. You're very welcome.