I don’t like keeping tech for more than 2 years personally. I’ve always been this way unfortunately.
I still have my Commodore 64
I don’t like keeping tech for more than 2 years personally. I’ve always been this way unfortunately.
That is true. There are also many M1 MBA owners here who will tell others not to get the M2 because the M1 should suffice. The M1 MBA is a great machine. I have enjoyed mine the last 1.5+ years. However, the M2 offers somethings I liked and now I have two MBA's side by side. lol Universal Control is very nice this way.
You should be careful posting stuff like that. You're not supposed to like things and be happy with them. Instead of just actually using your machine you should be obsessing over benchmarks and the opinions of YouTube people.Doesn’t bother me. It’ll still be faster than the 2012 MBA I’m upgrading from!![]()
Just a note - Look at the post I was responding to. I was trying to answer what type of laptop it was not anything to do with numbers. But thanks for the info.You paused the video when the test just started, which leads to misleading read numbers for M1.
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What good is a faster system if, for tasks where the additional speed is necessary, it's no faster than the system it "replaces"?From the article: "It remains true that the peak temperatures of the M2 chip in both the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air can exceed the peak temperatures of the M1 chip during sustained workloads, including large photo and video export jobs. The M2 Air's thermal throttling can occasionally slow it down enough to make it no faster than the M1 Air it replaces, though this is something many users will never encounter in their day-to-day use."
Translation = Throttling, like the M1 does, is really no big deal with the M2. Your gotcha post isn't really a gotcha post. Ars Tech had to amend their story because they didn't get their facts right.
Very good numbers but considering the price and new update they are about half of what they should be for new model and this price point.idk if this helps at all this is from my M2 MacBook Air 10c 16ram 1tb ssd .
This post almost brought a tear to my eye. Spot on & well done. I bolded #7 for emphasis, because I truly believe that is the number one reason for a lot of the foolishness we're experiencing on this forum.Possible reasons...
1) Some here like to rant and rave on Apple no matter what
2) Some here have had false expectations with the new M2 and when that didn't pan out, they feel Apple let them down. Logical fallacy chasers can never be satisfied.
3) Some here are followers of the YouTube benchmark brigade / click-baiters. And no amount of common sense or fact will deter them from continuing on with the scare tactic storyline.
4) Some here are too nerdy for their own good, as they believe benchmarks are the alpha and the omega when determining whether a machine is worthy of being talked about much less purchased. These users can easily picked out of the MR crowd as they are oft to maker pronouncement of usage ability and outcome from a machine they haven't used.
5) Some are Innocent MR bystanders who have allowed themselves to get caught up in the forum / internet fray, instead of doing their own research and seeking out possible guidance from other members who aren't posting hyperbolic drivel just to get a rise out of people etc.
6) Some here knock on the M2 because doing so helps them to justify why they don't need it. And if they don't need, others shouldn't need it either. After all, one size fits all in MR land (or does it)?
7) Some secretly want the latest Mac toys but, they can't really afford it so, they make sure everyone else knows on a regular basis just how bad the extra $200 is (depending on location it may be more). These people can be easily spotted by their rhetoric of the M12 MBA was $999 so, Apple should give us the lasted tech and design for the same price.
8) Some here just like to be bellicose.
Well said. I chose the M1 Air over an M2 Air because I had the opportunity to get a nicely configured refurbished one for significantly less than the new M2 Air I was thinking of getting. I just basically matched up what I wanted/needed to get with what I wanted to spend. But I felt all my options were very good. They felt close enough I felt I could go for the older model because I wasn’t prioritizing the improvements you mentioned.Accurate.
The reality is the tangible differences people will see from M1 to M2 are not 200 points on a write speed, but the much improved display, the better feeling and improved keyboard, the sleeker design, the improved webcam, MagSafe with fast charging not plugging up 1 of 2 thunderbolt ports. The ability to upgrade to 24GB RAM. There are quality of life improvements here that M2 Air haters are ignoring….for a 200 point write speed. Performance wise the M1 and M2 air are similar but that’s it.
Accurate.
The reality is the tangible differences people will see from M1 to M2 are not 200 points on a write speed, but the much improved display, the better feeling and improved keyboard, the sleeker design, the improved webcam, MagSafe with fast charging not plugging up 1 of 2 thunderbolt ports. The ability to upgrade to 24GB RAM. There are quality of life improvements here that M2 Air haters are ignoring….for a 200 point write speed. Performance wise the M1 and M2 air are similar but that’s it.
I agree but the keyboard is the same ha ha
I'll add one:Possible reasons...
1) Some here like to rant and rave on Apple no matter what
2) Some here have had false expectations with the new M2 and when that didn't pan out, they feel Apple let them down. Logical fallacy chasers can never be satisfied.
3) Some here are followers of the YouTube benchmark brigade / click-baiters. And no amount of common sense or fact will deter them from continuing on with the scare tactic storyline.
4) Some here are too nerdy for their own good, as they believe benchmarks are the alpha and the omega when determining whether a machine is worthy of being talked about much less purchased. These users can easily picked out of the MR crowd as they are oft to maker pronouncement of usage ability and outcome from a machine they haven't used.
5) Some are Innocent MR bystanders who have allowed themselves to get caught up in the forum / internet fray, instead of doing their own research and seeking out possible guidance from other members who aren't posting hyperbolic drivel just to get a rise out of people etc.
6) Some here knock on the M2 because doing so helps them to justify why they don't need it. And if they don't need, others shouldn't need it either. After all, one size fits all in MR land (or does it)?
7) Some secretly want the latest Mac toys but, they can't really afford it so, they make sure everyone else knows on a regular basis just how bad the extra $200 is (depending on location it may be more). These people can be easily spotted by their rhetoric of the M12 MBA was $999 so, Apple should give us the lasted tech and design for the same price.
8) Some here just like to be bellicose.
Agreed, only real world testing matters. That said, for someone to experience SSD slowdowns due to hitting speed cap, it means they are working with such large files in the multi-GB size; not something the common folk do.[...] Benchmarking numbers by themselves (as a whole) mean nothing.