I don’t think that’s possible, the linked article even mentions that. MBA displays just can’t get bright enough, physically.
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Macbook Air M2 13 inch or Windows laptop with i7 and 16GB of RAM?
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It's not. No amount of software can change a hardware limitation. The LCD panel simply doesn't do HDR.
Speaking of HDR video playback support on older MacBook Air, Apple changed the support article a few times back in 2000 or before M1 launched.
For example Web Archive version, the chart showed MacBook Air introduced in 2018 or later - Premium HDR content from Apple plays at resolutions up to 1080p (1920 x 1080) on built-in display. The old chart was more clear than the bullet points on today's article.
I do have the MacBook Air (2018) and HDR playback is really non-existence.
Ok My Lenovo Legion Slim 7 also supports "HDR" but only reaches a peak for 500 nits..... It isn't HDR
But yet he thinks the brightness can be kicked up to 1000 nits on the MBA.... makes sense lol
What your point anyway? Just get that M2 MBA already with AppleCare+ lol, stop going back and forth.
Because you have no clue what you're talking about. you literally can't make a screen go to 1000 nits when it's a hardware limitation. Same how I can't wish 32GB of RAM and a 4TB SSD.
Same how you expect to get 16gb or more of ram in an Apple Silicon Mac under 1000
I never said I required it? I said I didn't want to go over $1,000. thus why I went with a 8GB MBA?
The Air does HDR in the sense that it can understand and try to display “brighter than UI white” highlights given there’s some brightness headroom available, but it’s still a 400/500nit display that can’t magically get brighter. This isn’t even a question of HDR or not, you said that an app can make the display two times brighter, which is not true at all.Yeah, we're just gonna ignore this:
Oh, ok. I stand corrected lol...
All of this now doesnt matter now becuase the OP got that M2 MBA after all. Bye
Uh...did something weird happen with quoting here? You replied to a comment I didn't write, but it has my name on it for some reason.
I'm retired now but after many years as a software engineer and the Aerospace industry, I retired and had a short second career as a high school science teacher.
For secondary education, the Chromebooks worked very well. We had better computers but they were no better for the intended use. My 9th grade students seemed to be able to use Chrome and Google Docs and a web browser with no help from me and none of them complained about the computer being "laggy" or slow.
Of course, the Chromebook is very poor if you want to play high-end games, edit professional 8K video or if you need to run virtual machines to support software development on various OSes. Chomebooks are not the best for 3D CAD or Blender either.
Generally, I find that selecting a computer is very easy when you can make a short list of tasks you will use it for. People who can't do that because (likely) that don't have an actual use for the computer, find themselves in a world of indecision.
Chromebook is likely the most cost-effective solution for secondary education. But if I were a student who was able to spend more and not so worried about cost. I'd use a 13" MacBook Air and keep a 27" monitor on my desk at home. I would never recommend a Windows PC. It has no advantage over ChomeOS or MacOS unless you want to play games.
As a retired "computer engineer" who has a robotics and AI hobby, I find I like my new M2-based Mac Mini with 16GB RAM. For truly "heavy duty" computing, I use the Cloud. Google's Cloud and AWS provide me with access to data-center class servers I could not possibly afford to own. These computers cost perhaps $50K each, and I can use them for either free or a few bucks.
On the M1/M2 Mac, 8 GB RAM works well for most people who are only running a web browser and the Apple Office apps or web-apps like Google's "Docs". 16GB is better if you are installing and running "heavy weight" apps.