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Apple unveils all-new MacBook Air, supercharged by the new M2 chip

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Post by piyh »

luluthefirst wrote: post #213
dgellow wrote: post #202

I hoped the notch would be just an experiment and Apple would get rid of it the next iteration. It seems I was wrong. It looks so weird to have your top menu bar split in two, I really don’t get why it is necessary.

For people undecided because of the notch, it might not look as clean on photographs but in practice, macOS knows that it's there and they did a good job in order to avoid displaying anything behind it. It's empty space, and the whole row goes completely black in most fullscreen cases too as the screen is 16:10 BELOW the menu bar. You forget it as easily as you forget that you have a nose right in the middle of your…

I have a quest 2 that I burned sunspots into that resulted in blotches of pixels stuck on yellow. I use my headset for hours at a time and never notice them unless brought to an all black loading screen, and even then it's not a guarantee. The brain is crazy good at filling in blindspots.

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Post by shmoe »

makeset wrote: post #469
nyanpasu64 wrote: post #454

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We got a SIKER battery replacement for a 2012 MacBook Pro, but one cell swelled up and the battery wouldn't hold a charge. One Amazon reviewer for one of the replacement MacBook battery packs says that they might be building replacement battery packs out of old worn damaged, or mismatched cells. I don't know if that's the case. In any case I bought a second battery pack from TECHOWL and it seems to be working for a f…

I’ve changed half a dozen MacBook batteries with Anker over the years, and all worked flawlessly. One I thought was swollen and they promptly moved to send a replacement, but turned out it was my case that was warped.

I remember when they were making cell phone battery replacements (when that was a thing) -- are they still doing this with laptops today?

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Post by shitlord »

ja27 wrote: post #435
asdff wrote: post #306

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If that means they ship with something like a 45W that's just cruel. I bet the charge merely maintains when the computer is under load.

45W is likely plenty for almost any use. I have the 16" M1 Pro MacBook Pro and regularly run it from a small 30W USB-C PD charger. That keeps up with the demand even running Photoshop, Minecraft, Xcode, etc.

I do the same thing with my 2018 Intel MBP. It's nice being able to go on trips with only your phone charger.

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Post by shmoe »

rektide wrote: post #266
exhilaration wrote: post #30

And for the first time, MacBook Air supports fast charge for charging up to 50 percent in just 30 minutes with an optional 67W USB-C power adapter. Anybody know if the 67W USB-C power adapter is finally stock? Edit: Nope, still gotta wait a month: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MKU63AM/A/67w-usb-c-power... Other (bigger) chargers are a 2 month wait. Looks like Apple is still suffering from supply chain issues.

Is this about the new MacBook Air? I'm in favor of them bringing magsafe back, but if and only if it also charges via USB-C cables as well. If this is true, and it charges 60W+, that'd be great.

Yup, one of the coolest parts of this gen. Either or.

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Post by asdff »

coder543 wrote: post #240
gnicholas wrote: post #184

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Oh man I didn’t even realize that. So if you want HDMI or SD slots you have to shell out $2k for the high-end MBPs?

Yes. There is literally no point to the 13" MBP. No one should buy it. The M2 Air looks great, and the 14" and 16" MBP continue to be great as well (but pricey). The 13" MBP offers you nothing but an outdated chassis, screen, and keyboard. Ignore the word "Pro". There was nothing more Pro about the 13" MBP when M1 came out... and it's even less Pro than the M2 MBA this time around.

By the time you spec up the memory and base ram to something from this decade for the 13", you are only another couple hundred away from the 14" pro which you might as well get at that point

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Post by asdff »

nickpp wrote: post #188
gnicholas wrote: post #25

Cannot believe the updated base MBP has the old Touch Bar. Why can’t they give us back our function keys? EDIT: and is now the only laptop without MagSafe? There are more ports on the new MBA!

The whole existence of the 13” MBP is kinda pointless and anachronistic?! It sticks out like a sore thumb with the old-school display and touch bar next to the 14” MBP.

As is tradition. I seem to recall the white plastic macbooks sticking around for too long as well.
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