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M2 MacBook Air Reviews: 'Apple's Near-Perfect Mac'
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judging from the case design being better, I'm pretty sure that is the case. They compared the computer speakers of an m1 air and the new air, and it's clearly better on the m2.
Apple shills talk every year about the newest generation of macs being exciting. how surprising.
I would do that if Apple didn't have such a good return policy.
Give or take a few days someone will post audio comparisons of the M2 MBA to other models.
More likely, it’s YouTube. Over the top folks get a lot of comments from people that don’t like their over the top-ness, but, as far as YouTube is concerned, that’s engagement and drives their video to be seen by more folks that may also not like it and comment on it, and over and over and over.
Let’s see, iMac G3 released in 1998, iJustine born in 84 so probably in 8th or 9th grade? Not likely posting YouTube Videos as YouTube wasn’t a thing until 2005, I believe.
“the real long standing Apple users should get these review units”
I can see it now. “STILL no floppy, STILL no SCSI and no way to easily connect my ImageWriter, 0 out of 100! Try again next time Apple!”
This has nothing to do with her gender. Its her personality.
You could hear the eggshells the reviewers are walking on to make sure they get the next review model.
Design is very subjective, and many fans of MBA prefer the tapered design on M1 MBA. The battery is the same on paper, but as Dave2D tested, it is a bit worse than M1 MBA. The M2 MBA also gets significantly hotter than the previous model, so this might not be as nice of a lap laptop as the previous model. So yeah, you get to pay $200 more for questionable design, a bit worse battery, and significantly worse SSD. Yes, you get a slighly brighter screen, but with an ugly notch - call it even casue I am not sure how often you need or use your screens at max brightnes. While improved, a camera is a moot point due to the upcoming Continuity Camera feature.
Also, to get about the same multitasking performance as M1, you need to spend not $200 more, but $400 more to get the higher capacity storage to get the same SSD performance.
If it suits you, that is great. I purchased one myself to see how it will perform in my workflow and make my own decision, but it does not change the fact that this new M2 MBA is not as good value and performance as the previous base model.
I really hate the blonde girl in particular. People just watch her because she’s attractive
She’s literally dumb as hell for reviewing
She’s literally dumb as hell for reviewing
Apple’s LCD displays push the limits of the technology and the Midnight color has grown on me so I’m warming up to the idea of a 512GB MacBook Air over the 14” MacBook Pro.
It also helped that I visited a retail store and there was a LG OLED on the wall behind the Mini LED display, which made it surprisingly lackluster in comparison under bright store lighting.
As a writer primarily I’m trying to figure out which is the better of the two for my needs today, and while they’re similar the Air may check more boxes if I was to start taking it out with me rather than leaving it on my desk all the time.
It also helped that I visited a retail store and there was a LG OLED on the wall behind the Mini LED display, which made it surprisingly lackluster in comparison under bright store lighting.
As a writer primarily I’m trying to figure out which is the better of the two for my needs today, and while they’re similar the Air may check more boxes if I was to start taking it out with me rather than leaving it on my desk all the time.
In the old days ( well not that long ago ) Dave2D would have his reviews later because he brought it himself. Now they are releasing these video at the same time ( the embargo ) along with previous note on Air suggest they are bound by the same PR requirement.
P3 color gamut with one billion colors, which looks delightfully accurate and phenomenally vibrant on modern Apple devices, paired with the best contrast ratio possible on a conventionally-backlit LCD display.
Well, the M1 MBA was Apple’s best selling Mac, so yea.
It gets more complicated now that there is the M2 and and the older M1 Air (SE?).
And there may be less interest in the 13” MBP over time, too.
I love how those reviews go "under sustained load of playing 11 4K streams while also playing Civilisation VI at max settings the Macbook Air throttled somewhat, which proves it is not actually a machine for super demanding professionals and gamers as it was never advertised."
Sticking with my M1. Maybe the tapered design is old-fashioned, but then so am I. One of those reviews places the M1 Air on top of the M2 and M1 looks more modern. (Until you open it, obviously.)
Sticking with my M1. Maybe the tapered design is old-fashioned, but then so am I. One of those reviews places the M1 Air on top of the M2 and M1 looks more modern. (Until you open it, obviously.)
And still at 60hz
Nothing about this particular MBA screen is earth shattering.
Just seemed odd to bring it up as a major “pro”
It looks improved over the previous generation display in direct comparisons. I’m also quite familiar with how good Apple LCD’s can be.
It won’t be as good as a Mini LED display or OLED, but this seems to be one of the best aspects of the Air.
I think too many people here and on YouTube are trying to fit the M2 Air inside the MBP mentality and that is the real problem. Apple didn't make the Air for sustained MBP type usage. What we are seeing now happened when the M1 MBA was released. A lot of people looking for reasons to hate on the M2 because they had false expectations.
Face ID components themselves are double the thickness of the entire MBP lid so unless you want the MacBook's lid to be as thick as the iPad Pro you might as well stop barking up that tree.
The issue is that the M2 chip is capable of insane performance including editing 8K video, but not sustained workflows due to the lack of an active cooling system.
It’s misleadingly powerful, unlike the Intel Air’s that could barely run Safari.
My dream computer used to be a MacBook Air with Pro performance, which is essentially what Apple silicon is almost making a reality.
Fan. It’s all about fan.
Oh, and no notch.
It seems to exist since Apple could simply slot a M2 chip in the M1 design, but it remains as a potentially strong value for the right consumer.
Almost certainly. BUT do you want free Apple gear that bad?