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Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by randyrand » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 3:12 AM UTC

hbn wrote: post #410

spideymans wrote: post #99

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If the M2 Air supported two displays, I’d have no reason whatsoever to buy the expensive MacBook Pro. The M1/M2 Air is already so ridiculously overpowered for my needs. Which is probably why the Air doesn’t support two displays. Sigh.

> Which is probably why the Air doesn’t support two displays I recall reading at least with the M1 that it's actually a physical hardware limitation with the architecture inherited from the fact that the base M1 is pretty close to the A15 which never needed to pump out to more displays.

The M1 Pro is the same architecture.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by randyrand » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 3:13 AM UTC

conartist wrote: post #712

sylens wrote: post #92

Would be the perfect laptop if it could hook up to 2 external monitors instead of just one. For that reason, I have to go for the M2 Pro.

I just can't understand why it isn't supported. I thought the M1 was an oversight that they would correct with the M2.

it’s a pro feature

-apple

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by rolleiflex » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 3:27 AM UTC

whynaut wrote: post #581

rolleiflex wrote: post #469

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I have a 32Gb M1 Pro as a work laptop and connecting a retina 4K external display is not a fun experience for me either. It was very surprising to see it fail to maintain 60fps in the OS’ own animations.

Are you using the built-in HDMI port, or a dongle? I had the same issue before switching off the dongle.

This is through USBC which also charges the laptop.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by eropple » Sat, Jul 09, 2022, 7:26 PM UTC

rolleiflex wrote: post #793

whynaut wrote: post #581

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Are you using the built-in HDMI port, or a dongle? I had the same issue before switching off the dongle.

This is through USBC which also charges the laptop.

Is the connection handling HDMI natively, or via DisplayLink? I could definitely see performance issues being accentuated for DisplayLink.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by ricardobeat » Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 8:44 AM UTC

Casteil wrote: post #749

ricardobeat wrote: post #646

> A three-mic array captures clean audio using advanced beamforming algorithms Oddly, out of the entire press release, this is the part I have trouble believing. Every MBP launch announces the best microphones ever. When the first MPB 16" came out, it's gazillion-mic array was supposed to be amazing, some reviewers asking "can it replace a professional condenser microphone", yet in reality it's made completely useles…

Fan noise is effectively non existent on the Apple Silicon based Macbooks. I've got a 14" M1 Pro and it's very difficult to tell the fan is even running, and I think the only time I've ever actually seen the fan run above its lowest speed is when I was running an artificial stress test. Additionally, like another response mentioned.. I've had people remark that I sound "unusually clear" when using my MBP's onboard mi…

That comment was specifically about the Intel MBP 16” (when the first MBP 16” came out) and it’s accompanying press regarding the mic array.

I’ve also moved on to M1 and it’s miles better. Just don’t trust the release notes anymore.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by rewgs » Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 12:44 AM UTC

MaxDPS wrote: post #693

rewgs wrote: post #607

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That’s what I’m doing — I use Canonical’s Multipass and it’s flawless.

How’s the battery life on Linux?

Dunno, haha. It's running on my M1 MacBook Air and I haven't noticed a single affect on battery life. I literally have it open all the time, in addition to probably about a hundred Chrome tabs, and the battery life is still insane.