Agree, but the 14 inch is so much thicker and bulbous looking in comparison. The M2 MBA has superior battery life as well.
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Apple Announces Redesigned MacBook Air With M2 Chip, Notch, MagSafe, New Colors, and More
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Apple really are the masters of upselling. The base 14" is looking like a great value right about now at £1,735 (John Lewis).
It's great and I love the new fanless design. However, why is there support for only ONE external display? That's a huge deal breaker for me! 
Yes, I'm aware of a "DisplayLink" docking station and own one, but it's not the same as having native dual display support (e.g. can't watch HDCP protected movies via TV App etc.).
Yes, I'm aware of a "DisplayLink" docking station and own one, but it's not the same as having native dual display support (e.g. can't watch HDCP protected movies via TV App etc.).I just tried, Apple customer service confirmed next month
AND it’s unified, so that’s GPU VRAM as well. It’s not like a dGPU with 8GB of its own VRAM.Price went up, at least here in Sweden.
and STILL 8GB RAM LOL? that's nothing anymore
Grab the 14 M1 ProIt's great and I love the new fanless design. However, why is there support for only ONE external display? That's a huge deal breaker for me!
I don’t understand how this is constantly brought up. They WANT you to buy a pro for pro features.It's great and I love the new fanless design. However, why is there support for only ONE external display? That's a huge deal breaker for me!
Why does everyone constantly expect Apple to suddenly offee these features at their base model price points? The entire point is to allow everyone across tax brackets to join the ecosystem. They’re never going to stop doing this.
Hmm, I was really thinking of selling my MBP 14” 8cpu/14gpu/16gb/1tb for the new MBA with 8cpu/8cpu/16gb/1tb since I don’t really need the extra power/nicer screen. But I only paid $2035 for it and pricing out the MBA is $1800 and maybe $1650-$1700 with a discount. Getting back $100-$200 doesn’t really seem worth it.
exactly where I went to check the price and you get a 2-year warranty included for that £1,735.
Great decisions in the design (colors, black bezels, back to color background of keys, size, shape). but a miss in other areas. I listed the things I’d like to see improved/changed from my M1 MBA and they missed all of them.
1) additional usb-c port with ports on both sides. I would have been ok with the two with MagSafe back if one was on each side.
2) support for two external 4K 60hz displays.
3) Upgraded Standard config (not the base) to go from 8/512 to 16/512. I probably would have been ok if the would have went to 12/512 and actually thought for a second the M2 was going to be 12 standard!
I am giving my current MBA M1 to my nephew and am now leaning towards keeping the 14 MBP I just received last week.
1) additional usb-c port with ports on both sides. I would have been ok with the two with MagSafe back if one was on each side.
2) support for two external 4K 60hz displays.
3) Upgraded Standard config (not the base) to go from 8/512 to 16/512. I probably would have been ok if the would have went to 12/512 and actually thought for a second the M2 was going to be 12 standard!
I am giving my current MBA M1 to my nephew and am now leaning towards keeping the 14 MBP I just received last week.
I have a £100 voucher still from my OLED TV purchase 🤔🤔
This MacBook Air is definitely only for people who cares about weight of their Mac. MacBook Air isn't "cheaper" or "budget" Mac anymore.
While some may miss the wedge design...I love how it looks like the 14"/16" MBP's little brother.
If the new Macbook Air was available with a 15 inch screen, it would be an instant buy.
Is it really the world's "best-selling laptop"? That's great, if true, but I find it hard to believe. I've loved my two Airs since getting one in 2013. I'm sad to see the "Air" name no longer apply to the design of the laptop, though. How thin and light is the new one? Maybe the name is justified?
Glad they kept the M1 version. Should have just dropped the Air name for this one.
I would do the same as I care more about the weight than the power actually, but own 16" MacBook Pro only for screen real estate.
Yes, which is why I went with the 16 M1 Pro…given how pricy the M2 MBA can get, I think I will stick with the 16 M1 Pro
Yeah I was gonna also consider getting a more “budget” version for the gf since she’s could use an upgrade, but even the 8/8/8/512 is $1400 and most likely she needs 1TB as well, which is then $1600.
I think they spend a lot of time ironing out all the different permutations and upgrades and pricing tiers...
like a LOT of time
Oh boy, that would be their best selling laptop. I would gladly swap my 16” M1 Pro for that.
Does the introduction of virtual shared memory render RAM upgrade unnecessary for all but pro users?
Likely faster in single core performance, but, with only 4 performance cores, anything using multiple cores will still be much faster on the M1 Max. Same thing with GPU. If you need the performance, then you are probably better off sticking with your MBP with M1 Max.