Exclusive: Apple Plans to Launch MacBook Air With M2 Chip on July 15

[XboxEvolved]

Good news for those that are upgrading from Intel books for sure!

 

[Ladon08]

I dont like the magsafe. They are literally selling you 10 year old tech as new.

Quit using keyboards, man. Bastards are literally selling us 150 year old tech as new.

That being said, it isn’t “literally” the same. It’s a magnet that is literally a different size and is capable of charging at literally a different speed than previous generations. Also, MagSafe is optional.

 

[Funny Apple Man]

Can someone please help me with his. So I am planning on getting the new air. But what I don’t know is if I should get the 16/256 or 16/512. I honestly don’t need the extra space. But from reading here you guys are saying the 256 is slow or something. Can someone please explain to me what’s better and why. I don’t know much about macs because I have always been a windows guy and I want a nice fast air.

The speed of the 256gb is cut in half compared to the storage options(it's around 1400 mb/s for read and write). It won't be slow, it'll still run fast but not as fast as the other storage options which has double the speed.

If you don't anything intensive and only do typical office tasks then going for 256gb is fine. I have a 2017 Macbook Air with slower read write speeds on the SSD and it's still pretty fast.

Edit: I think I might be contradicting myself after saying earlier that the SSD is slow. We call it slow because the read write of the previous gen M1 with 256gb storage is 2x faster, and it's relative when you look at the SSD speed of the other Macs they're currently selling.

 

[JippaLippa]

Most of my workflow needs more than an M2, therefore I have very little need for a macbook air (I'd get one immediately if It had a mini-LED display), but if I had no budget concerns at all I'd love to get one.
On the other hand I might prefer getting an M1 Pro, for the beautiful mini-LED display.

 

[TracesOfArsenic]

When are Apple going to give users RAM at a reasonable price...

 

[ArkSingularity]

I'm curious to see how the it performs once thermal throttling kicks in. Most independent tests on the M1 air showed that it generally throttled down to about 8 watts or so on sustained workloads, which allowed it to give 80-85% of its performance on long-term workloads. If the M2 performs equally well, the Air will probably be a better buy than the Pro for most users.

 

[Mr. Dee]

I read this as the 15 inch model will launch with M2 for some reason.

 

[Aragornii]

Just curious, does anyone notice the difference between 16 GB and 24 GB? all the Macs I own are 16 GB and I've never felt that the memory is limiting.

 

[Apples Apples Everywhere]

Midnight 16/512.

 

[Maigrais]

That’s terrific news. I’ll be ready to order two in two different finishes.

 

[henry72]

M2 Mac mini and iMacs please!

27" 5K iMac with M2 please

 

[daabido]

SSD and notch.

I'm not so sure about that. My sauces (primarily tomato) tell me that the notch goes twice as fast as the current ones.

 

[Nick_P]

The upgraded Air is for those who want the smallest machine that still performs well. That is me. I bought the 14" Pro when it came out last year, and returned it a week later, keeping my M1 Air. It was just too big and heavy "for my preference". I'll be getting a maxed out M2 Air on Ram and GPU, and I'll be happy. Yes the Pro might be a better value once you upgrade the Air, but I value size and weight much more than a few hundred bucks, for my daily go everywhere machine.

 

[Freeangel1]

I bet you can cook some eggs on top of this laptop with all the heat. No fan

 

[yyzguy]

I have an amazing 14" M1 Pro MacBook Pro and yet... I want this!

Greedy. I have a 2013 MBP and actually need this

 

[idktbh]

wow they still sell laptops with screens that don't support a decent 2x scaling
the 2x scaling for this model is 1280x832p (native 2560x1664p)

 

[Kuroko]

wow they still sell laptops with screens that don't support a decent 2x scaling
the 2x scaling for this model is 1280x832p (native 2560x1664p)

What would be considered decent 2x scaling?

 

[mi7chy]

Topping out at 2400 is insane for an Air…
For that money I’d get a 14MBP

They're both overpriced for what you get but M2 MBA as a package is better with 4x more storage than 14" M1 MBP with 25% more RAM.

$2499 M2 MBA 4P+4E CPU 10GPU, 24GB RAM, 2TB SSD

$2399 M1 MBP 6P+2ECPU 14GPU, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD

 

[nfl46]

I’m upgrading my M1 just because of the new color. Lol.

 

[AF_APPLETALK]

I wonder how much M2 will throttle in a fanless design.

I bet you can cook some eggs on top of this laptop with all the heat. No fan

Yeah the thermals on the M2 MBP looked ... not so great. It seems they don't let the machine ramp up to full speed, even with the fans going, so I'm expecting this to be worse. Plus the bunk SSD.

 

[mxrider88]

I was really keen for the base + 16gb. Not gonna buy, I keep my m1 air with faster ssd. I was planning to give mine to my sister and get the new one but nop..

 

[Yuukon]

Let's not forget that this has not been confirmed by Apple themselves just yet. Sure, it's possible, but it might also be different.

 

[Wokis]

Thanks for the heads-up! Much appreciated.

Current plan is that I will be ordering Starlight, 24GB RAM, 1TB storage.

 

[NinjaHERO]

That's weird, according to the buyer's guide on this very website it's already been available for 23 days. That date really shouldn't update until the product actually launches. Makes all that historical data less helpful in determining cycle times.

 

[Jim Lahey]

I’m not Apple‘s greatest fan these days but credit where it’s due - Midnight M2 MacBook Air is probably the best looking computer since forever.