So all reviews I've seen of M2 Air says that it feels (and is) thinner. I haven't seen M2 Air live yet, but on the photos it looks actually bulkier than the M1 Air. If you've seen and used both, what's your opinion on this?
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Does anyone actually feel like MacBook Air M2 is thinner than M1?
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I'm somewhat surprised that I don't miss the M1 (and previous) MacBook Air wedge design. The new M2 MBA design is excellent. It is just about as thin on a desk as the M1 MBA was. It is tiny bit lighter which makes me happy. Before it was released I was very worried that Apple had given up on thin and light but they haven't.
Why do people keep saying that M2 is lighter? It's literally 50 grams lighter than M1, it's completely irrelevant "improvement" that exists only on paper.
"Why do people keep saying this thing I am about to clarify as correct?!"
If it was 1g lighter you'd also say so, right? Now go to blind test which one is lighter and correct yourself. I hate it when people argue like that. Apple fanboys use that thinking a lot, there's placebo effect going on for them to justify purchase without real benefit.
When people talk about grams ( not drugs ) its negligible, we aren't human walking scales. 50grams difference is impossible to tell and barely noticeable. Ive said it before and ill say it again, people on this forum act like all MacBooks are like Atlas stones, in reality they all weigh hardly anything and if you're struggling to hold one for long periods of time then get a gym membership and work on your pitiful guns
People are extremely easy to manipulate. Same thing goes with those negligible CPU "improvements" between iterations like with each new iPhone. Apple knows that and uses it for their advantage. Sheep will buy anyway.
Im all for a lighter product and love what apple has to offer, but the 50 grams lighter things is nonsense. Having googled it, a Mars bar weighs 51 grams, how many people pick up a mars bar and even notice how much it weighs?
A computer being 1 mars bar lighter in weight is pretty daft and a ridiculous reason to buy something that is lighter but you wont even know it is, although the brain will say it feels lighter because its a shiny new Apple product
The M2 felt thicker, until I held both at the same time. It's weird kind of illusion on the M1 Air due to the tapered edge.
I'd say they both feel like that same weighty aluminum brick feel when lifted, though the M1 is a bit butt heavy. They're about the same level on the keyboard though.
My guess is that this is likely to do with the distribution of the weight across the entire body being more uniform, rather than the actual weight being a factor, since 50g is pretty negligible at 1200+g.
I care because it shows that Apple hasn’t given up on the idea of thin and light notebooks. It’s a brand new design that is actually lighter than the previous model.
Wife has got the M1, I held off for the M2. The M2 is a thin, beautiful, silent beast. It feels very much like an iPad to me, starts up instantly, silent, great screen, lightning quick but with all the benefits of Mac OS. The uniform thickness of the body has grown on me a lot!
I look at the wife's M1 from across the table and its ass just looks fat and ugly compared to the thin profile of the M2.
I look at the wife's M1 from across the table and its ass just looks fat and ugly compared to the thin profile of the M2.
So, we get it. You put up a poll expecting people to disparage the M2 the way you seem want to but they didn’t. They must all be sheep. Sheep, I tell you! 😊
Perhaps you have manipulated yourself to dismiss any improvements as negligible because they don’t conform to your presuppositions. Perhaps you should go to an Apple store and actually hold one in your hands?
The poll is about the thickness, not about the weight, you dumbo. 50 grams change in almost 3 pounds device means NOTHING. It just gives you placebo effect and mental comfort that sheep love. Baah baah.
Because words have meanings, and they mean logical actual things, so we use them to mean what is true. You should try this!
You can just say "I don't think this makes a difference" and argue your points instead of pretending things aren't real.
Is this still true? Are you really arguing over subtleties of the look and feel of a device you've never seen or touched in person? Come on.
Okay, I will try to politely explain.
I raised my concern that people are "excited" that Air M2 is lighter than M1, while in reality it is lighter only by irrelevant margin. This is placebo effect, if it was lighter by 0.0001g they would have been just as excited. This is misleading and delusional, just like the CPU iterations that are marginally faster. This is how marketing brainwashes people and make them buy stuff they don't need (and it's terrible for the environment to produce more).