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Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by iamben » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 10:41 PM UTC

jamiepenney wrote: post #652

iamben wrote: post #277

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Ugh, I forgot about the battery. I'm lucky if I get a couple of hours out of it. Horrible thing.

90 minutes max for me. Awful machine.

I spent months complaining to them about this laptop. I had an Air for 5 years(!) before this and it was a wonderful machine. For 2k I'd expected a decent machine - but I hate everything about it. Obviously Apple didn't care in the slightest.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by mstade » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 10:42 PM UTC

travisgriggs wrote: post #668

skohan wrote: post #642

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Keep it. I want one port to rule them all.

Is the returned MagSafe the only way to charge these new macs? Or can you choose to use either MagSafe or usbc? Honestly curious.

Not sure about plugging in two chargers at once, but you can definitely use either MagSafe or USB-C to charge. I do it frequently with my MBP. The MagSafe charges faster, but that may be more down to the power brick than the interface, I don’t know.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by azangru » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 10:49 PM UTC

noarchy wrote: post #460

amelius wrote: post #318

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> but the silicone chips team now does You mean silicon. Silicone means something else. https://www.livescience.com/37598-silicon-or-silicone-chips-...

Do you think there is anyone here who didn't understand exactly what they meant?

> Do you think there is anyone here who didn't understand exactly what they meant?

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Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by caymanjim » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 10:52 PM UTC

Of course this comes out just four months after I buy an M1 Air.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by kzrdude » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 10:53 PM UTC

crazy_hombre wrote: post #624

noarchy wrote: post #460

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Do you think there is anyone here who didn't understand exactly what they meant?

I'm with you. HN pedants are so god damn annoying.

As one of them, I agree. It's easy to jump to the first thing you notice (something superficially wrong to point out), I often do this. And it's hard to think beyond that and engage with the ideas instead.

But then again, that's why we try to write elegantly so readers don't stumble on the words and instead think about the meaning behind them.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by caymanjim » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 10:56 PM UTC

burmer wrote: post #578

So strange there's no notch in the main picture on the announcement. The top bezel does not look the same as on the product page either, even aside from the notch, it's too thick. edit: the very last picture in the article also shows the wrong bezel. So strange...

There's no notch on the M1 Air. Are you expecting one? Notches are terrible and are enough all alone to make me change what I'll buy.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by savant_penguin » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 10:58 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #318

carlycue wrote: post #39

This thing is going to sell like hotcakes. The combination of single core CPU and graphics performance, device thinness, battery life in this laptop is unmatched. It’s funny how Apple came back from the worst the Mac has ever been to the best in a span of few years. Johnny I’ve doesn’t dictate things around Apple anymore but the silicone chips team now does.

> but the silicone chips team now does You mean silicon. Silicone means something else. https://www.livescience.com/37598-silicon-or-silicone-chips-...

He could be talking about boobie trapped chips

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by what_ever » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 10:59 PM UTC

plonk wrote: post #626

noarchy wrote: post #460

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Do you think there is anyone here who didn't understand exactly what they meant?

Getting grammar and spelling right makes for text that's much easier to read. Helping people remember these things is positive.

Just "silicon*" as a reply should have been enough. There was no need for the additional sentence and certainly no need for the source/link.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by meibo » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 11:03 PM UTC

Not quite sure how they can still sell this with only 8GB RAM and no way to upgrade, several of my colleagues are regularly complaining about running low on memory on their M1 machines. Thermals?

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by PebblesHD » Wed, Jul 06, 2022, 11:08 PM UTC

cehrlich wrote: post #653

The base model seems fine, but I'm amazed by how expensive the higher spec models are. MacBook Air M2, 8/8 cores, 16GB, 1TB: 2189 Euro MacBook Pro 14, 8/14 cores, 16GB, 1TB: 2479 Euro That's too small of a difference for how much nicer the Pro is.

Once specced up with memory and a bigger SSD in Australian dollars, the difference turned out to only be about $150, so I got the pro instead. Was really looking forward to the air, so very disappointed in how it turned out price wise.