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First Benchmark Result Surfaces for MacBook Air With M2 Chip
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Yes I expect the sales here in Europe to be weaker the coming months with the current prices
The base M2 MacBook Air starts at 1.519 EUR in Belgium. An upgrade to 16 GB ram is an additional 230 EUR as is an upgrade to 512 GB storage.
So you're looking at 1.979 EUR for that spec or 2.099 for the model with the better GPU
The base 14" MacBook Pro is 2.253,80 EUR. Might as well just go for that when you're in the EU. Better screen, more ports, better chip for only 155 EUR
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Sounds like an app problem. I have never had an app bouncing problem with my M1 MBA.
Please stop making so much sense, what will the youtubers do now??
well it's not a knock on intel. it's a knock on apple for selling it. xeon have certain benefits over consumer grade chips, but apple could easily have discontinued old models and continued supporting modern day intel chips like the 12900k which nobody denies is superior when it comes to price/performance, but apple decides to sit back and stick to old and outdated chips while maintaining the price so it's no surprise when modern day apple silicon chips can completely outclass the xeon chips. when apple or anyone else compares apple silicon chips to mac pro xeon chips, they're not comparing themselves to intel, they're comparing themselves to themselves.
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oh, yet another twist ... is a M2 MBA faster than a 2017 MBA? you bet, even the SSD benchmarks will be better, but you want to compare 2021 256 vs 2022 256, fine, have fun with that. Saying this agin now, target market for M2 MBA is NOT M1 MBA users, look at the bigger picture.
Aw... why you gotta take the fun out of giving MR readers the opportunity to laugh at Intel Xeon's lackluster performance and poor chip designs vs Apple's?
(not that this will stop them) 🤣
Because there isn't much overlap in those target audiences?
As I stare at that completely absurd split menu bar, I think a bezel would do just fine...
Yeah, the whole "it's better than all of these old $5000+ Intel Macs" is really not interesting as essentially nobody in the market for a new Apple computer is considering an Intel Mac.
I hope the Intel comparisons cease once Apple gives us that ARM Mac Pro or an iMac Pro at the very least.
Same for me. I think I will cancel my order and get the 14” for the XDR screen and ports.
That 2010 MBP is legit an amazing machine. Also upgraded mine with an SSD and it just flew. Ended up selling mine in 2019, but it was still crazy reliable and plenty speedy.
There definitely is though.
Only due to a lack of options, sure. But many(!) want to know if they can get comparable performance from any of the M2 machines as they are both newer and quite a bit cheaper.
Please hurry so my order will get moved up 😂
Hello fellow 2010 MBP user
I don’t think they’ll ever, ever make a machine that was that good again. Like you, the only reason I’ve been about to get this much mileage out of it is because it was upgradable.
Legendary machine!
I think its likely that Apple is still selling the Pro systems with the Xeon chips because that's the only available Intel processor that support ECC memory. For pro and mission-critical uses, and also as memory sizes and speeds increase, having an ECC memory capability is fairly important to at least a significant portion of the customer base.
M2 Air is 100 nits brighter and now has 10-bit (support for 1 billion colors) where as the previous panel was 8-bit.
I know it’s not mini LED but I’m curious if black levels have improved over the M1 Air.
Fairly different customer needs/prioritizations. The M2 Air appeals to customers who place a high value on smaller size and weight. The 14" MacBook Pro appeals to customers who need processing power and greater memory/storage capacity and are willing to trade off lower size/weight to achieve those performance goals (or those who truly want a larger screen). The 16" MacBook Pro appeals to those customers who need the power and have a need or desire for a larger screen size when mobile. The 14" MBP is sort of in a sweet spot between the Air and the 16" MBP, but its not the best fit for everyones needs/wants...
What business (category) are you in?
Also, what’s your software stack for cataloging and OCRing your reciepts?
Lastly, do you recommend any other business-focused Mac apps? Any essentials?
Fastest EVER Geekbench single core numbers from a Mac, and folks are like "Nothing to see here really. This is what we've been expecting." Those folks don't understand processor development, thermals, or how to manage expectations.
Insanity. Absolutely nuts. For single core operations, my fully loaded 16-inch MacBooks Pro hits a single core score of 1794.
MacBook Air - no fan, limited thermal envelope, and this is the fastest ever.
Sure, synthetic benchmarks have limited usefulness and don't accurately model everyone's workflow, but I think folks have become incredibly jaded. Apple Silicon is absolutely amazing. The MacBook Air M2 is poised to be the killer Mac. Small, lightweight, long battery life, silent, and more than enough computing power for the majority of users.
Insanity. Absolutely nuts. For single core operations, my fully loaded 16-inch MacBooks Pro hits a single core score of 1794.
MacBook Air - no fan, limited thermal envelope, and this is the fastest ever.
Sure, synthetic benchmarks have limited usefulness and don't accurately model everyone's workflow, but I think folks have become incredibly jaded. Apple Silicon is absolutely amazing. The MacBook Air M2 is poised to be the killer Mac. Small, lightweight, long battery life, silent, and more than enough computing power for the majority of users.
You’re financially stable enough to buy an $1199 computer but not financially stable enough to spend another $200 to upgrade the storage to 512GB? If not, then you really should be buying the M1 Air, not an M2, since the M2 really has zero benefit to you in pursuing a computer science degree.
I think you're right, but benchmarks are just that. It does seem to be more sluggish in real life testing too.