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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 wollsmoth »

ProfessorLayton wrote: post #14

This looks like what the Macbook (2015) wanted to be. Keyboard and single port aside, it was a fantastic form factor, albeit crushingly slow. Mine no longer holds a charge, and am eagerly awaiting replacing it with one of these. Over time I've also noticed I no longer care about having the fastest possible laptop, since my job provides me with an MBP and that's where serious work gets done. I have a feeling this is g…

I swapped out the battery on mine. It now gets a few hours of life per charge but it's still fairly big and the fan fires up when barely anything is happening. Might just have to jump on this MBA too.

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Post by Kognito »

rozenmd wrote: post #71
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.

It’s viable but you’ll spend a lot of time with memory compression/swap working hard. Not a great experience IMO.

Looking forward to upgrading from the 8GB air to a 24GB air now.

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

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Post by seabriez »

mrtranscendence wrote: post #87
seabriez wrote: post #74

$1,199, only $200 ... thats 20% increase. Fuck that.

I'm not too surprised to see a price increase of some sort, given inflation in general and increased fab costs in particular. Still, it's a shame they can no longer meet the $1k price point.

It sets a new precedent. Air was supposed to be cheapest, and they trying to stretch people into paying more. From fab perspective, they used the same and it becomes CHEAPER not more expensive to make it. The upgrades were very incremental too; so this is very much a money grab.

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

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Post by bayindirh »

agloeregrets wrote: post #84
bayindirh wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pro is a dockable workstation with a small form factor. Pros have insane amount of internal bandwidth. M1 was able to edit 30 4K streams or 7 8K streams simultaneously IIRC.

You are thinking of the 14 inch. The M1 Air and M1 Pro have only a different cooling solution and it does not really make a difference.

That small cooling difference affects how these CPUs are clocked and how they behave under sustained workloads.

A long video render is easily 2-3h at 100% CPU load. A scientific simulation is >24h at 100% load, with instruction trains optimized to get every ooze of performance, hence hitting the TDP almost instantly.

A MacBook Air M1's body is not an unlimited heatsink attached to M1 SoC. I've succeeded to heat my M1 air to unusual levels when the platform was new and some programs were prone to entering infinite loops.

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Post by haswell »

FollowingTheDao wrote: post #39

One paragraph on that page bothers me: "Better for the Environment" No, it is not better for the environment, it is not as bad for the environment.

Given two options, both of which are bad for the environment, but one is less bad, is one not better than the other?

Can you point to a product that highlights its strengths by framing them in a negative light instead of painting them positively?

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

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Post by wollsmoth »

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.

you can add the charger to the cheaper MBA as a $20 option

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

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Post by Kognito »

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.

Shanghai lockdowns are easing now so we should see supply come back online soon.

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

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Post by theshrike79 »

jpgvm wrote: post #67
rnernento wrote: post #10

Why does my $500 Samsung Galaxy Book Flex have the webcam in a tiny little bezel and this thing has a giant notch?

I think the only excuse for that huge notch has to be they are planning to put Face ID in there at some point in the near future and don't want the design language to change again when that happens. i.e they are pre-reserving that space in the menu bar.

Face ID and some lidar stuff most likely, the notch being the same shape and size as the iPhone one is not a coincidence.

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

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Post by least »

abbyck wrote: post #53
gman83 wrote: post #44

I'm using a Lenovo Thinkpad and thinking of upgrading soon. How's Linux on these new chips?

Asahi is promising. Some folks can daily drive it, while some can't. Checkout what all things work now

Asahi doesn't have native sound support so you'd need an external DAC or audio interface to get audio from it... as well as no GPU acceleration. I'd say that the only people that could daily drive it are using it from a desk right now for programming. Very promising indeed, but I don't think anyone would be wise to run it on their primary device.
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