New MacBook Air Launching on Friday With These 5 New Features

[Alex Cai]

The microphone and speaker labels are so strange.
I suspect that the IOS development team edited the website and they made a bunch of bugs.

 

[lazyrighteye]

Given that they make it one of the very few marketing points for their new model, I would be very surprised if they extended it to older models as well. (Of course it should be totally doable, after all even an M1 supports a sidecar iPad monitor.)

Yeah, I'm thinking the same thing. Here's quietly hoping. 🤞

 

[ric22]

Is the M3 MBA tempting you M1 owners to upgrade? Asking for a friend.

Nope, not at all...

 

[Hkfan45]

No wifi7? I’ve had it in my pc laptop for months ($30 upgrade card) and it’s fantastic. 2gig up and down. Unbelievably low latency. Disappointing Apple is always behind.

 

[Wanted797]

Upgrading my wife's computer from a MBP 2012! There might be a slight difference in speed...

Grab the M2 and save a few $$

It’s what I’ve done coming from a 2011 MBP!

 

[lazyrighteye]

Has anybody gone from a 14” M1 MBP to a 15” MBA? I’m tempted because the 14” is simultaneously a little too small in terms of screen size, and a little thicc in terms of weight and bulk. The sleek Air line sure looks tempting, especially when there’s a slightly bigger screen. I probably won’t pull the trigger because my M1 works great, but part of me is curious…

I have only ever used Macs, starting in the mid-90s. I’ve owned several and used dozens more. Currently, I’m using both a personal 15” M2 MBA (my first Air - I’ve always been a Pro guy) and a work-issued 16” M1 MBP, daily. That MBA is, hands down, my favorite Mac I’ve used to date. It’s laughably thin and light (after using it, my MBP feels like a cinderblock), it’s shockingly capable, It’s a gorgeous culmination of four decades of R&D and really it’s just a lot of fun to use. I love that thing.

The only thing that bothers me is that it can’t push more than one external display - something the new M3 iteration effectively addresses.

I’d never tell you what to do. But if you do decide to give the MBA a spin, I’d be curious to hear your take. Keep us posted. Cheers.


Edit: I feel compelled to state the obvious: MBPs, on paper, offer better specs. Sure. But specs only tell part of the story. As someone who has always used/owned the Pro-est version of whatever Mac was available, none were as fun to use as my M2 MBA. For what that’s worth. As you were.

 

[panjandrum]

While I wish the MBA was available with more than 24GB of ram, I have to admit that the 15" M2 I'm currently using has quickly become one of my favorite machines of all time. An almost perfect size and weight, and fast enough for most of what I do (also, I remote to more powerful PCs and Macs when I need to, so I'm ok not having all the speed I would ultimately wish for in a laptop.) Few complaints. Give it just a single USB A slot and at least double that absurdly limited maximum ram and it would be absolutely perfect.

Note that at least the M2 line does thermal throttle very badly. In my tests (fairly extensive), it quickly becomes slower than the older M1 MacBook Air. So it is good for a lot of things, but it probably isn't ideal if you peg the cpu/gpu for extended periods of time.

 

[DMG35]

Again the anodisation seal is only applied on top instead of the full enclosure. Saving on those pennies. Quality they say. So with M4 the bottom will be sealed as well? M5 the inside?

Do you have information to back this claim up or are you just making stuff up? I see zero information anywhere stating they only applied the anodized coating to the top of the Midnight MacBook Air. None of the reviews mention this either. They put the coating on the entire Space Black MacBook Pro and I assume they did the same here.

Again, where are you getting this information?

 

[DMG35]

Yes it was confirmed with the M3.

Confirmed by who? You?

 

[maccidents]

New updates news always good but battery draining update just bad! why facing this problem, hello apple!!

 

[t0rqx]

Do you have information to back this claim up or are you just making stuff up? I see zero information anywhere stating they only applied the anodized coating to the top of the Midnight MacBook Air. None of the reviews mention this either. They put the coating on the entire Space Black MacBook Pro and I assume they did the same here.

Again, where are you getting this information?

Read up. It's been verified by Apple and reviewers. Is this some troll post? Do some homework before commenting. This ain't Google. Your assumption is not adding any value.

These are facts.

 

[DMG35]

Read up. It's been verified by Apple and reviewers. Is this some troll post? Do some homework before commenting. This ain't Google. Your assumption is not adding any value.

These are facts.

Well post a single source for this. If you are going to make claims you should back them up. I’ve yet to see a review that mentions this or see anything from Apple. You've been asked by multiple people to cite just one source on this and you've yet to produce one. So don't talk about facts until you actually provide them.