I doubt it’s going to get 10 years of software updates. 7-8 feels like a good estimate.
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First Benchmark Result Surfaces for MacBook Air With M2 Chip
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I doubt it’s going to get 10 years of software updates. 7-8 feels like a good estimate.
I really like the mini LED, and OLED is really great but has its flaws. There are actual prototypes using Micro LED and they are beyond amazing. They will destroy OLED and mini LED within five years. I got a chance to see a prototype that was the size of a tablet with better than Apple Retina as it has 4K. It was extremely bright, amazingly sharp, and supposedly will not have any of the issues of OLED most notably burn in and doesn’t use organic materials and will not lose color with age.
Just think Apple is supposedly going to release this same technology in a pair of glasses that has two or three microLED displays running at 4K the size of a pair of glasses. Incredible if they can pull it off. And more and more the real world will matter less to people as they won’t just spend their time scrolling on their iPhone they will end up being immersed in virtual reality. That could be a good thing or it could be really bad just like AI.
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Good improvements processor side. Looking too see how 256GB SSD performs.
Well...if you need 1 or 2 TB, then there's no issue on SSD speed. And you're not being "screwed over" by Apple as you previously claimed.
Anyone else looking forward to seeing Midnight in person? Really hoping it's easy enough to keep clean from fingerprints over time.
You're right - that was the original poster that I had responded to (with you responding to my response). I apologize for my error.
The notch is practically invisible to me, now. I've experienced zero applications that have a menu bar long enough to kick over to the other side on my 14" MBP. And the extra vertical real estate has been fantastic.
When spec'd with the same RAM/storage, the price difference from Air to 14" Pro seems to be 10-15%. Seems like a no-brainer unless you desperately need a thinner lighter machine. For the extra small bump in price you get a whole lot more computer.
I don't think anyone will be able to say 100% till they're allowed to release their reviews, but given the lack of Magsafe on older models and USB C charging on the new Pro models, it would be an absolute shock if you couldn't charge the Air with USB C.
Doesn’t the Scansnap software do OCR while you scan? I used to use Scansnap with a Fujitsu scanner but switched to a Brother scanner a year or two ago due to incompatibilities with the Fujitsu software. The Brother scanner software does the OCR while it scans.
M2 MBA
Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:
- Charging
- DisplayPort
- Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)
- USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
- USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)
You can usually find that info in the Tech Specs
MacBook Air 13- and 15-inch with M4 Chip - Tech Specs
See all technical specifications for the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air with M4 chip.
www.apple.com
Nothing unexpected. The MBA M2 base model seems to have less value-for-money compared to a M1, even more since it seems not hard to find MBA M1s in discount or used/refurbished in good conditions. Some 20% increase in processing speed (prob less, and prob even less in real life situations) and all the new perks definitely lose against almost halving file transfer speed and memory swap speed (considering how much this is also used), for most people, especially this being in a higher price. I mean, it is not that the new base model is bad, but that the previous model has already set really really high standards, let's not forget, and this concerns only users that are around the base-model prices.
I was just at the Apple store and it took a second to identity air vs. pro. Once they lose the tapered front on the air, the real noticeable difference will be the inputs.
So about the fears of the SSD bottlenecking, what are real world scenarios? Video work should involve an external drive for media anyway.
Hey there. Thought of you today when I was checking the refurb store. They have a 16/256 unit up there right now in Space Gray. Just make sure that 256GB storage is enough for you. It doesn't go very far if you save a lot of stuff locally.Thank you, and thank you for the edits! Not worried about storage, I’ve got some external hard drives (that I do need to push to the cloud via my next laptop, if that’s a consideration?). I’ll take your suggestion and lurk the 16GB MBA refurb page for awhile until I get too impatient
EDIT - Can I still get AppleCare on a refurb machine bought from Apple?
There's also a 16/512 unit in gold that I saw as well.
EDIT - There's 16/512 in silver too if you prefer that
Here's the 16/256 unit in space gray
Here's the 16/512 unit in silver
And here's the 16/512 in gold
What has an effect on performance is RAM. It's better to buy 16/256 than 8/512. I/O speed is only a tiny percentage of the task, usually, because the SOC can only process data that is in memory...so get more RAM!
The M2 will beat the M1 on most things, regardless of 256 or 512.
No, its a testament of how of a terrible value the base Mac Pro always was.
The result also confirms that the M2 MacBook Air outperforms the base model Mac Pro tower with an 8‑core Intel Xeon W processor despite costing nearly $5,000 less. While that is not an apples-to-apples comparison, it is nevertheless a testament to the impressive performance of Apple silicon chips in more affordable Macs.
That low clocked Xeon was already being left in the dust by consumer AMD and Intel CPUs the moment Apple launch the Mac Pro with it.
Sorry, what? Everybody knows you can spend half as much as a comparable Mac and build a PC that will run rings around the Mac. Or, at least you could in the everybody-on-Intel days. Not sure the margin is that high now, but surely still true to some lesser extent?