Following a recent widespread BitLocker issue that caused the "65000" error code which was mostly a reporting bug, it has been found that the default software BitLocker is causing real impact on SSDs.
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Last week, Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday for the month of March, and with it, the Moment 2 update was also made available to all. The latest feature update, though, maybe slowing down SSDs.
After the two mega-fiascos Samsung recently had with its 990 Pro and 980 Pro SSDs, more bad news could be hitting the industry as several popular models seem to be suffering from performance loss.
Apple switched to a different model of SSD in the new MacBook Pro with the M2 chipset. The storage inside entry-level iterations of the laptop performs at nearly half the speeds of older M1 models.