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I just got one, 16gb 1 tb that's all Apple Store had. I thought I would prefer the 14 MBP but I don't for form factor this is my 3rd 15 sadly, had two issues before.... yellow screen, trackpad issue, this one seems good! LOl
Lucky that they had it! I had to wait for mine to come in configured. Sucks to hear that this is your 3rd one, but I know the feeling (dealing with problem prone 13 inch MBP's). Hopefully it is good! Mines been great. Might be because I wasn't an immediate adopter and I waited a bit after launch before purchase.
 
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As an aside, if you use Sound Control to EQ the speakers, you can in fact get them to sound even louder, with even more bass.

It looks like Apple dialed the speakers back quite a lot to make sure they don't drain battery like crazy. But once you have applied EQ, the 15" Air can add some serious body to your tunes.

Anyway, yeah, I've really enjoyed my 15" Air as well. It has been an excellent workhorse for my 3D modeling, photo editing, AI, coding, and general book-keeping and documentation tasks. The battery life and weight have been highlights to me. It's finally a sub-4lbs 15" laptop from Apple that is competitive with the competition in size and weight, and it lasts basically forever while doing the tasks I mentioned above.

My workflow on the 16" Intel Pro machine barely allows it to last 2-3 hours now. 3D modeling is very taxing supposedly, but M2 has been able to eat it up easily, even when I connect an external 5K display and force it to work with my models at that resolution.
New to Mac here, whats sound control?
 
Sold my 16” MBP and bought a 15” MBA and could not be happier. After 20 years of MBP models the 15” MBA is easily my favorite apple laptop ever. If I were a professional video editor I may miss the 16” MBP but on my case I’m so glad I switched.
Love to see posts like this, makes a new adopter feel as though they haven't missed a thing haha. I get alot of hands on exposure with the latest and greatest in laptops and I can honestly say I haven't seen a better hardware offering from anyone else and the gap to the next best one is pretty huge. Just such a magnificent hardware offering.
 
Having flip / flopped between 13 and 15" Pro's for years (like 2 or 3 each) I always complained that the perfect computer was the 15" with the form factor of the Air. So when it came out, I immediately ordered (24GB/1TB Silver). This is by FAR my favorite MacBook in a long time...probably going back to the TiBook when getting under 1" was just amazing. I have used it every day for work, traveled with it and been in all day meetings without even thinking about battery. I'm a software dev / business leader and for my use cases (Containers, Visual Studio, etc) its a really fast compared to my older machines.

After all these years, I still buy 100% Silver and probably always will.
Love to see the love! Glad people are taking note that this thing is a serious game changer. Silver for the win also! I am also using it every day for school/work and it has made transitioning from PC to Mac extremely enjoyable. I am so surprised that I don't miss PC not one bit.
 
Sold my 16” MBP and bought a 15” MBA and could not be happier. After 20 years of MBP models the 15” MBA is easily my favorite apple laptop ever. If I were a professional video editor I may miss the 16” MBP but on my case I’m so glad I switched.
I'd also appreciate more about your reasoning. When hankering after an upgrade from the 15" mid-2015 MBP, I went for the 16" MBP when it first came out for the screen size, the range of connectors and the occasional need for grunt. I've enjoyed it ever since as it is also a replacement for a desktop and sits on my lap ;) - but it is a bit of a luggable.

Not sure I could justify the 15" MBA as a second machine but if it keeps improving I might consider it as a replacement - if, and maybe only if, I could recoup some of my outlay on that 16" MBP.
 
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Came here for post-purchase affirmation haha.

Really enjoying the 15 MBA and have decided to keep. Was worried about the display quality compared to the Pro, but when I compare next to the wife's 14" MacBook Pro, for my daily usage, I don't see a difference. The bigger real estate makes a bigger difference for me. The MBP's screen quality only noticeable with HDR content, and only slightly if you look for it. Otherwise, if just enjoying, your brain will adapt. I don't watch HDR content (mostly EPL, NBA, and YouTube stuff). Promotion doesn't seem to make a big difference in MacBooks (whereas in iPads it does!). I don't understand how every YouTuber and journalist makes such a big deal about screen quality, pushing buyers towards the Pro with the "much nicer display".

The svelte design is very nice and feels more modern, luxurious even, compared to the MBP's relative chunk.
 
Good feedback! agree... the only thing I am noticing with the MBA is maybe slightly slower responsiveness to uploading emails, images, some websites, etc.. other than that seems pretty similar. Overall, screen is pro like, I'd say 15% less?
 
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No doubt an air would be my next laptop, the footprint, price, design, power is all spot on for my needs. However, coming from a 14'' M1 MBP with ProMotion and a Mac Studio running an external display at 165hz, the lack of ProMotion on the Air feels horrible to me, like my pointer is underwater.

Apple gatekeeping and using ProMotion as leverage across their product lines is frustrating to me, and I can't wait for them to get over it and make it standard across their product line.
 
Pro-motion does nothing to help watching video. It’s mainly for gamers….and of course, the air is not marketed as a gamer laptop. So I can see why Apple keeps that feature to the ‘pros’
For me is more about the responsiveness of the UI in general, such as moving the pointer around, opening menus, OS animations, etc.

Im definitely in the minority with ProMotion / 120hz+ displays being a make of break thing, but if it becomes a standard feature over the next decade, im guessing alot more people will get used to it and won't like the feeling when going back to 60hz, even for everyday tasks.

Definitely seems to be a case of what one is used to, but still, I think at the price premium apple charges we all deserve the extra responsiveness.
 
Pro-motion does nothing to help watching video. It’s mainly for gamers….and of course, the air is not marketed as a gamer laptop. So I can see why Apple keeps that feature to the ‘pros’
Apple keeps it to 'pros' purely for business reasons and larger profit margins but not any reasons for what you stated.
 
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