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Apple Still Trying to Keep Up With M2 MacBook Air Demand Almost a Month After Launch
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I just purchased the base M2 Air and it is fantastic! Coming from a 2017 MBP, the M2 is so much faster and I'm still at 37% battery after 2 days of use. I would have needed to charge the MBP multiple times during that same time.
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not even close, used ps5 still going for near msrp and in the past going well pass msrp. i never seen any used apple product on any used market demanding same amount as msrp and get away with it.
I was not talking about resale. I was talking about wait times. Apple does it better because apple wait times are much faster than a Sony PS5. I haven't seen a PS5 at a shelf store in months.
apple probably has the most robust supply chain due to sheer volume, sony on the other hand...not so much lol
I’m most surprised about the cooling system.
Intel would get hot as hell, but those Apple Silicon (even the 16-inch) would still be cool under a heavy workload.
once you understand how arm was designed and how power efficient even in its infancy, you won't be surprised lol
In the same way that the MacBook Air (2011) was a computer that got me excited and I pulled the trigger even though my MBP 15” from 2007 was still perfectly functional, this new Air has my interest. It’s the one device that could shake my iPad Pro (M1) as everyday work and play device.
Am going to get one when a base model is available in-store. Best thin-and-light portable on the market, period.
Also, note to Intel, AMD, and Nvidia: your x86, RTX and RDNA chips are overpriced, inefficient junk. Not interested buying and running a 1200w PSU to run your crap. I never used to think it mattered -- but Apple has shone a really bright light on how important power efficiency is.
Also, note to Intel, AMD, and Nvidia: your x86, RTX and RDNA chips are overpriced, inefficient junk. Not interested buying and running a 1200w PSU to run your crap. I never used to think it mattered -- but Apple has shone a really bright light on how important power efficiency is.
It’s a truly great machine! I’ve been enjoying mine for about 3 weeks now and it’s perfect. I consolidated my work and personal notebooks into a 24GB/1TB and it flies with everything I throw at it while quick swapping between user accounts.
Just got mine, had an m1 air. It's far superior, screen bigger, feels lighter, like the shape better.
This deserves it if you put all the production lines in a country like CHINA.
What Apple computer in the past three years has not seen this level of shipping delay? Every M1 and M2 product has sold insanely well. Best products Apple has ever created in my opinion. I had a M1 base MBA and it was hands dow nthe best laptop I ever owned. What it lacked in raw GPU power it made up for in being the most well balanced system between comfort, usability, battery life and performance. For 99% people on he planet the MBA has it all. I'm sure the M2 MBA is even better.
I still use a 16 GB MBA for app development at work and I upgraded my own personal machine o the 14" M1 Pro MBP for the extra ports and XDR Display. I create HDR videos and really wanted the HDR display with me no matter where I am. I wasn't as concerned about the performance since I was already editing 4k 10bit HEVC video, creating 3D graphics with Blender, and doing mobile app/game development on the M1 MBA.
Gaming is broken down into different schools of thought as well. Sure hardcore gaming may never be ported to MacOS although it could. The type of games we see on mobile however works perfectly on all M1 Macs. The casual games that 100% of users play at some point. Not just the niche hardcore gamer crowd. Most Mac users likely already play games on their iPhones anyway so the need for gaming drops considerably. Even if more games were ported to MacOS and performed great I would much rather play games somewhere else if I can.
Thats why I think we will see a lot more consumers move to the MBA. Even on the Windows side the majority of people that buy a PC only think of solitaire type games if they even think of games at all. How many buy a PC just to surf the web or write papers?
I still use a 16 GB MBA for app development at work and I upgraded my own personal machine o the 14" M1 Pro MBP for the extra ports and XDR Display. I create HDR videos and really wanted the HDR display with me no matter where I am. I wasn't as concerned about the performance since I was already editing 4k 10bit HEVC video, creating 3D graphics with Blender, and doing mobile app/game development on the M1 MBA.
Gaming is broken down into different schools of thought as well. Sure hardcore gaming may never be ported to MacOS although it could. The type of games we see on mobile however works perfectly on all M1 Macs. The casual games that 100% of users play at some point. Not just the niche hardcore gamer crowd. Most Mac users likely already play games on their iPhones anyway so the need for gaming drops considerably. Even if more games were ported to MacOS and performed great I would much rather play games somewhere else if I can.
Thats why I think we will see a lot more consumers move to the MBA. Even on the Windows side the majority of people that buy a PC only think of solitaire type games if they even think of games at all. How many buy a PC just to surf the web or write papers?
Get used to this more and more since the Mac is now the most popular it's ever been, even more than during the G3 iMac or Mac vs PC days.
I think that right across the board Apple are struggling with supply chain and demand. Any CTO orders for M1 products have delays as well.
Similar to what a few others have said, I think this is shaping up to be a huge hit for Apple. Over the past 2 weeks, both my brother and my wife have purchased one. They were drawn to the modern design (both preferred to the previous MBA design.) Both ended up getting the 16/1TB models as both intend to keep the laptop for 4-5 years. Both were happy to pay the several hundred dollar premium over the M1 MBA. It's a cool looking product and that is what a majority of purchasers will be drawn to (neither caring about nor needing more power for their real world use cases.)
Apple sells a lot of iPhones and not a lot of macs in comparison, so yes it is impressive that they aren’t meeting demand.
That’s because thankfully people started realizing most of the tech YouTubers have no clue what they’re talking about and found out through people who owned and used it that this is actually an incredible machine.
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I love my 10/1TB/24GB M2 Air.
Is that allowed? - Or do I first have to edit a video and inspect the bottom plate with a magnifying glass before making such a ridiculous statement?
Is that allowed? - Or do I first have to edit a video and inspect the bottom plate with a magnifying glass before making such a ridiculous statement?
Best laptop on the market. Best laptop ever released. What an insane device.
Almost a month after launch, demand for the new M2 MacBook Air continues to be high, with supply in relatively short supply. For just the baseline configuration, customers are facing up to a three-week wait, according to Apple's online store.
In the United States, Apple lists the MacBook Air as shipping out in two to three weeks for the baseline model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of SSD storage. Other configurations with varying storage and memory options are listed as one to two weeks away.
The delay is timely as Apple is currently running a Back to School promotion for students preparing for classes this fall. The new MacBook Air may be an attractive purchase for students thanks to its lightweight and thin design and the battery life and performance enabled by the M2 chip.
Apple has been facing a constrained supply chain in recent months, but the situation does seem to be easing. Besides the long wait for the new MacBook Air, most other Macs in Apple's lineup remain readily available for shipping with no weeks-long delay.
The highest-end Mac Studio and the 24-inch iMac with the M1 chip are the two exceptions. The Mac Studio is listed with shipping estimates well into at least one month, and customers looking for an iMac face a three to four week delay, according to Apple's store at the time of writing.
In the third quarter of the year, Apple's Mac business was severely constrained. The company's CEO, Tim Cook, said that Mac supply was so low for the quarter that it was difficult to gauge actual demand for Apple's latest computers. Here is what Tim said during the company's last earnings call:
Mac revenue for Q3 of 2022 was down to $7.3B from $8.2B a year ago.
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You are required to gripe about "throttling" even if it never affects you in day to day use. Sorry, I don't make the rules.