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

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

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Post by rozenmd »

jmyeet wrote: post #31

The 24GB unified memory is a really nice upgrade (the M1 MBA has 8GB upgradeable to 16GB). The CPU/GPU upgrades are predictable and wlecome but the memory is huge. A lot of development isn't CPU bound but is memory bound or at least can really benefit from more memory. This upgrade makes the MBA an entirely viable dev machine for many workloads. I have a MBP (Intel) but it's expensive. Getting a viable machine for $1…

For web dev the base model (8GB RAM) MacBook Air M1 is a viable dev machine - makes the maxed out i7 MacBook Pro I had from work feel sluggish in comparison.

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

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Post by tmp_anon_22 »

leohonexus wrote: post #55
jmyeet wrote: post #31

The 24GB unified memory is a really nice upgrade (the M1 MBA has 8GB upgradeable to 16GB). The CPU/GPU upgrades are predictable and wlecome but the memory is huge. A lot of development isn't CPU bound but is memory bound or at least can really benefit from more memory. This upgrade makes the MBA an entirely viable dev machine for many workloads. I have a MBP (Intel) but it's expensive. Getting a viable machine for $1…

I doubt Apple will allow you to configure up to 24GB on a MBA though - they’d likely want to reserve that to the MBP which has active cooling and can sustain peak performance. Edit: as comments pointed out, I’m wrong - thanks for the corrections.

You can but it costs +$400 to go from 8gb to 24gb.

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

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Post by agloeregrets »

jmyeet wrote: post #31

The 24GB unified memory is a really nice upgrade (the M1 MBA has 8GB upgradeable to 16GB). The CPU/GPU upgrades are predictable and wlecome but the memory is huge. A lot of development isn't CPU bound but is memory bound or at least can really benefit from more memory. This upgrade makes the MBA an entirely viable dev machine for many workloads. I have a MBP (Intel) but it's expensive. Getting a viable machine for $1…

> makes the MBA an entirely viable dev machine for many workloads.

So this, like the M1 supports only ONE external display.. so as long as you live the lopsided big-small life, sure.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

leohonexus wrote: post #55
jmyeet wrote: post #31

The 24GB unified memory is a really nice upgrade (the M1 MBA has 8GB upgradeable to 16GB). The CPU/GPU upgrades are predictable and wlecome but the memory is huge. A lot of development isn't CPU bound but is memory bound or at least can really benefit from more memory. This upgrade makes the MBA an entirely viable dev machine for many workloads. I have a MBP (Intel) but it's expensive. Getting a viable machine for $1…

I doubt Apple will allow you to configure up to 24GB on a MBA though - they’d likely want to reserve that to the MBP which has active cooling and can sustain peak performance. Edit: as comments pointed out, I’m wrong - thanks for the corrections.

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

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Post by mrtranscendence »

agloeregrets wrote: post #36
jbverschoor wrote: post #23

How many external screens?

Literally my only question. If they don't understand that then this is a massive market-research fail. I went Windows before the M1 Pro Macs just because I could not run two displays well on the Air (Displaylink sucks so so much).

On the contrary, I suspect they have market research to the effect that only a small proportion of users have or want multiple screens, and of those who do, they're likely to buy a more expensive model in the first place. Basically everyone I know has gone the route of a single large display, Mac user or not.

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Post by jpgvm »

suyash wrote: post #48

Wonder how good it is compared to the latest NVIDIA GPUs in laptops for gaming and ML Tasks

Probably still way slower than advertised. The M1's were otherwise awesome but the GPU performance was much over-stated (claims like faster than 3090 when barely on-par with 3050 which is 1/4th as fast).

You have to remember that these are just scaled mobile GPUs. They can't hold a candle to proper dedicated GPU hardware and never will until Apple gets around to designing desktop specific GPU SoCs.

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

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Post by agloeregrets »

minimaxir wrote: post #65

So a notable difference between the $1199 and $1499 SKUs is the 35W dual-USB-C-port charger. Apparently, it retails for $60 alone! https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MNWM3AM/A/35w-dual-usb-c-... Retailers like Anker sell a similar charger with double the power at that price range.

It appears to be a super compact Gan charger FWIIW

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

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Post by copperx »

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 there a third-party charger that can deliver that wattage?
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