This is the only thing I think about with my M2 Air. Am I missing out on a beautiful display.
is that true regarding the battery? they should have called it the Air Pro lol!
Yeah, 14” is fine size for sofa use. Anyway, I find using any MacBook always something that needs special procedures when using and especially before closing the lid to make sure no foreign particles between display and keyboard (so I always use rubber bulb type air blower to clean possible dust particles). So for casual sofa use iPad Air 5 is much more practical. For me this two machine system is the best.
I don’t know where you pull that MBP 14” battery lasts 3-4 hours…???
Yes. Check reddit or this video: Day 8
I’d say my MBP 14” screen easily match or even rival my 77” LG OLED when viewing both in dark room so that you can see true black. There is only minor glow around some bright objects in MBP but blacks are really black and match OLED. Also MBP 14” screen rivals my OLED in those 5% or so gray levels where LG OLED really struggles and shows all OLED terrible features (vertical bars, uneven brightness in different parts of the screen and so on), because in MBP those show no problems.
Not sure how difficult that would be with MBP but for normal sofa use on lap is no issue IMHO and no difference to MBA M1 for me.
Display black level in MBA M2 is about the same as in MBA M1, so it is poor compared to OLED. Very noticeable if you use it in dim or dark room with material containing black bars or lot of dark scenes. Even 13” MBP has darker black level but still it is no comparison to OLED or MBP 14” which both can display real black.
Isn’t that person running video editing there? Battery use depens on what you do with the machine. You can burn MBA M2 battery empty faster too if you do something more demanding. Just check notebookcheck test where they list run times with different use.
That is really moot point IMHO since 5 years is about how long you get OS updates for new MacBook and after 7 years it is already vintage machine. So you are going to need a new machine in 5 years in any case.
No, not at all. Look at Day 8, halfway through Day 8....All he's doing is watching FB videos for 1.5 hours on near max brightness.
I get all that..but watching FB videos, Watching youtube or browsing the web on Firefox isn't or should be considered demanding in 2022.....These machines should handle all this without breaking a sweat or draining the battery so fast. That's why I disliked the Intel based MBPs even though some of the older macs were so good.
I don't really care because all I can say for my own personal experience with both MBP 14" and MBA M1. I owned MBA M1 for 19 months or so. Just got couple weeks ago my MBP 14" and for me in my use pattern battery life is very good in MBP. Easily match or even exceed that of my previous MBA M1. I have no idea how MBA M2 battery life would be but I've understood it does not differ too much from MBA M1.
Hmmmmm, what's your source, literally everyone is saying MBA battery is much better (15 hrs vs 10)
battery is better.. but the usage is higher cause of better CPU. If you limit your CPU to match MBA u probably can squeeze more.
You don't care? Sounds like those who bought a now 2 year or 3 year old, 19' and 20' Intel MBP and are now sitting on their $2000+ laptops....
I had a similar experience a week or so ago. Started watching a baseball game on my M2 Air when it was not quite fully charged, maybe 93%. Left the room at some point and forgot about it. Came back 4 hours after I had first started watching and found it still streaming, with the screen still on, and battery at 87%. The battery life on this machine is just ridiculously good.
