I think they're where the fans on fan models let out exhaust, on the opening of the hinge
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Midnight MacBook Air M2 is here! First impressions and photos thread
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I think they're where the fans on fan models let out exhaust, on the opening of the hinge
So, my first impressions with midnight 8/10, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD compared to a MacBook Pro 14".....
What I like:
First and foremost the general "handability" of the device and weight
Battery life seems much better so far
In full screen mode you can't see the notch (although MBP 14" does this much better)
What I dislike:
These are all pretty predictable given the different specs but hey:
Speakers: much, much better on the 14"
Processing: again, MBP easily wins out on converting a film in handbrake significantly. The fans kicked in on the MBP and the air got uncomfortably hot
With all things considered for my use the Air works best for me. If you don't care about weight and battery life the MBP Pro is objectively the better choice. However, its not such a massive next level upgrade over the Air imo
What I like:
First and foremost the general "handability" of the device and weight
Battery life seems much better so far
In full screen mode you can't see the notch (although MBP 14" does this much better)
What I dislike:
These are all pretty predictable given the different specs but hey:
Speakers: much, much better on the 14"
Processing: again, MBP easily wins out on converting a film in handbrake significantly. The fans kicked in on the MBP and the air got uncomfortably hot
With all things considered for my use the Air works best for me. If you don't care about weight and battery life the MBP Pro is objectively the better choice. However, its not such a massive next level upgrade over the Air imo
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What color MacBook Pro did you have and how do you think the midnight compares? Do you like the midnight?
I had (well still have until I sell it) space grey MBP. I liked space grey but slightly prefer Midnight: Im not too bothered about smudge gate, seems a bit overblown to me
Apple should get zero praise as long as the notch is there.
I don't know, pure luck and checking out the apple store every now and the! to see their stock in store!
I must be the only one with space gray... wanted to be conservative and was afraid of prints.. looks amazing in SG.. super thin!!!!!
My first impressions: Moving data from 2017 Air to M2 went smoothly and relatively quickly. Had to enter passwords for a bunch of things but that is OK. Will take a while to get used to new screen and may have to adjust contrast etc. Had to add permissions for some stuff since I get special permissions not carried over.
I use FireFox as default browser and stuff doesn't go completely from side to side. Changing zoom doesn't stay over restart of browser. Will work on it.
So far this is working great. Will get used to it I"m sure but so far a big smile
I use FireFox as default browser and stuff doesn't go completely from side to side. Changing zoom doesn't stay over restart of browser. Will work on it.
So far this is working great. Will get used to it I"m sure but so far a big smile
I'm looking forward to picking up my SG this evening from the Apple store. I originally had a midnight on order from Best Buy, but the order was delayed indefinitely as of this morning. So I cancelled & grabbed the same configuration in SG to avoid waiting until the second week of August for Midnight to be back in stock.
Just opened mine. The entire lap is midnight, expect at one of the USB-C ports where there's a nice paint chip.
That's the one thing that would put me off the Midnight color ... it's going to show a lot of chipping/nicks over time I think, especially around ports and edges
If that's a primary concern, silver is really the only color that avoids that issue
It's going back. just picture a silver dot right outside the port. Apple's QC hasn't been great the last couple of years imo. I've read plenty of complaints about cosmetic defects out of the box and I've experienced similar issues as well.
Honestly, you're going to do that yourself very quickly when using any of the ports..
Really not sure returning it will accomplish much other than slightly delay the inevitable
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Beautiful laptop! (I love how they reduced the border around the camera and gave us some extra screen real estate to utilize)
When I scrap my black wheels on my car I just use a black permanent marker to touch them up
I would feel better if I made the mark vs it being there in a sealed box. I'm not rewarding apple with subpar QC so I'm returning it.