My 15 was delivered a couple of days ago but I just got around to setting it up this afternoon. Just a few surprises.
• It's lighter than I remember from my Apple Store experience. And, although it's big, it works perfectly the way I use it; sitting on the floor, leaning against a couch with the machine balanced between my legs and substantial gut. Just right.
• As is often the case with Apple gear, it came with the wrong plug:
Our outlets look like this in Thailand
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This correct plug came with my M1 MBA
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This abomination came with the 15" M2 MBA
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It works OK if you're using a power strip on the floor where gravity holds it in, but not in a wall outlet where gravity causes it to fall to the floor. I'm sure this is intended for the European market where they have recessed outlets. We do not have such outlets in Thailand. I've complained to Apple about this many times, but, I guess they just don't care.
• Migration Assistant had to be temporarily suspended while the OS on the 15 was updated. The migration was quite fast using a Thunderbolt 4 cable. Less than 30 minutes to move everything from the M1 to the M2.
• Setup was aborted due to the same glitch that prevents me from adding my Capital One card to the Wallet on my M1. It says "Verification is required", but then says that no verification methods are available and freezes up the machine requiring a forced reboot. In the meantime, Capital One sent an email message saying that my card has been successfully added to Apple Wallet. It has not. I will give up on the Capital One card. It does however work on my Watch, iPhone, iPad and Intel iMac.
• When the machine restarted I expected the normal setup process to continue. It did not, but everything seems set up anyway.
• Command Line mail (msmtp) works; always hit-or-miss when migrating to a new machine.
One disappointment is that I still can't read the screen very well without my reading glasses. I'm just fine with my iPad and iPhone. In fact, I can read Kindle books on my iPhone with a very small typeface without glasses and without much effort.
Bottom line is that I'm very pleased with the size, weight and form factor. It's right for me; might not be right for you.
I will play more tomorrow and report any other strangeness or pleasant/unpleasant surprises.
BTW, my little M1 looks so forlorn sitting on the floor with a dark screen; unused. Fear not M1, you will be headed to the beach next week to replace an ancient (2009) White Unibody MacBook which has seen better days.