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.<p>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.<p>I have a feeling this is going to be backordered for a long, long time though.
Finally, Apple has seen the light! This is going to be an instabuy for many, including me. This feels like 2012 when Apple introduced Retina displays: Everything that's good about Apple in a single package, and unavailable at any price anywhere else. The nitpicky in me will complain about the lack of a glass touchpad, but I feel Apple is justified in leaving it as a Pro feature.
Almost 10 years ago we purchased a MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD for approx 2K UK pounds. It's really surprising and disappointing that a decade later these same specs essentially cost the same!
<i>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.</i><p>Anybody know if the 67W USB-C power adapter is finally stock? Edit: Nope, still gotta wait a month: <a href="https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MKU63AM/A/67w-usb-c-power-adapter" rel="nofollow">https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MKU63AM/A/67w-usb-c-power...</a> Other (bigger) chargers are a 2 month wait. Looks like Apple is still suffering from supply chain issues.
The biggest question I have is whether it has WiFi 6E or just WiFi 6 (2x2 80 MHz like the original M1 MacBook Air).<p>That's the one thing that's kind of gimped it for me—if I could get more WiFi bandwidth, especially with the ProRes decoding built into the M2, I might be able to edit 4K video over my network wirelessly for the first time. Would be amazing.<p>To be clear, I still think the M1 Air was the best portable laptop Apple made since the 11" Air before it was discontinued. I just think it being so 'wireless-first', it should have the best wireless speed possible.
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.
Oh my god, that midnight colour. I just bought an M1 and knew this would be coming soon. I didn’t expect a new colour that looks so amazing though, haha.<p>I guess I’m selling my brand new M1.
Cannot believe the updated base MBP has the old Touch Bar. Why can’t they give us back our function keys?<p>EDIT: and is now the only laptop without MagSafe? There are more ports on the new MBA!
"One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz." [1]<p>Same for the new M2 Macbook Pro.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.apple.com/macbook-air-m2/specs/" rel="nofollow">https://www.apple.com/macbook-air-m2/specs/</a>
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.<p>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.<p>I have a MBP (Intel) but it's expensive. Getting a viable machine for $1200 would be great. You feel less bad about losing it or breaking it or upgrading it more often.<p>Really happy to see this.<p>As an aside, having 8GB of <i>unified</i> memory even as an option in 2022 is a joke. It should just be 16Gb minimum.
I am torn... One one hand I think I want this as an upgrade to my 2016 MBP, on the other hand the 14" Pro has a 120hz display. And although I mostly code on it on the go I got so used to 144hz on my desktop monitor that I kinda feel like an upgrade should include that too. I get that this would totally canibalize their more expensive models but one can dream.
> The new MacBook Air features MagSafe for dedicated charging and peace of mind when users are plugged in.<p>MagSafe was one of Apple's best hardware ideas, and I'm really surprised they dropped it for a few generations. I'm glad they realized their mistake and brought it back, though.
It's still only 224 pixels per inch (ppi), not the 254 ppi of the MBP 16". Back when Apple had subpixel RGB font antialiasing like Cleartype the 224ppi was fine but 224ppi text doesn't look sharp with grayscale antialiasing. It's not without good reason that an iPad Retina display is 264ppi. I switched from Mac after Apple removed Cleartype-like font rendering because my external 4K display no longer had as sharp of text as Windows+Linux.
I wish there was a MacBook variant that had a 15" screen but cost under $1500. I feel like this is probably the only missing gap in the laptop line up. Its hard for me to understand the limitation considering the iMac is at 24".<p>As a parent with 2 kids - giving each a Mac laptop that won't cause eyestrain/reduced productivity is a non starter at $1999 each.
I don't understand why the new M2 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar exists.<p>Looks like it adds active cooling but keeps an old design? Is it for generalists who don't want the 14"? Who is it for?
Is it only me who’d like a 15 inch air?<p>I’ve got a 16 MacBook Pro and it’s great and all - but soooo thick. Like as thick as my old, old, MacBook Pro from 2012. I was expecting it to be more like a 2015 MacBook Pro when I bought it.<p>I’d much prefer some of that sweet apple silicon power, in a nice thin 15 inch size please.
Looks like these will be "available next month". Usually they say when you can order, but I've not seen that detail. Anyone have more info on how to get my grubby little hands on one?
I am deciding on a new Laptop. I am still worried that my workflow (heavy on docker) will suffer under Apple Silicon. Has someone some (very) recent experience on Docker + M1/2?
So a notable difference between the $1199 and $1499 SKUs is the 35W dual-USB-C-port charger.<p>Apparently, it retails for <i>$60</i> alone! <a href="https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MNWM3AM/A/35w-dual-usb-c-port-compact-power-adapter" rel="nofollow">https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MNWM3AM/A/35w-dual-usb-c-...</a><p>Retailers like Anker sell a similar charger with double the power at that price range.
New hardware is exciting but it’s also a bit scary.<p>I’ve been burned by Apple hardware faults before. Dodgy keyboard, faulty display, bad battery. It would be cool to see the design velocity slow down a bit for some models so that they can iron out the bugs properly. I’ve no interest in being a Guinea pig for whatever A9999’s problem shakes out to be.<p>To be fair, Apple will often conclude that the faults are endemic and engage in a replacement program.
> 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.7<p>Woah. Speaking of batteries I've been impressed with the battery life in the new MBPs. They last forever with these new M chips. One of the best features.
Only thing that is missing that I was hoping for is multi-monitor support. I guess they want to keep this feature locked behind the pro line, but it feel like a limitation for people that don’t need the power, but want to dock it with two large monitor for productivity.
Feels like a downgrade to add the MagSafe charger, maybe if they would have been practical about it and added it to the opposite side and re-assured everyone that charging through USB-C is just as good.<p>Feels like a cash grab to get people to buy more obsolete MagSafe chargers instead of moving towards a world where chargers are ubiquitous and universal.<p>I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and believe that they just didn't have the data capacity to add another USB-C port and wanted to free up one of the USB-C ports, however other manufacturers seem to be coping with this.
If Apple announced a 16" MBA, I'd buy one and ditch my ThinkPad. 13" is just a bit too limiting for my tastes, and I don't need the power or the extra expense of the 16" MBP.
I'm pretty sure the Air would be enough for me performance-wise but the number of ports is a problem - I have 3 USB-C ports occupied right now. Any tips for a docking station?
I have just been given an M1 Max with 64GB of RAM from work and it has to be the most insane laptop I've used. I have a very big smile on my face when I build stuff.
One note, I used the images of the chips themselves and the M2 chip is physically bigger than the M1 chip by 21.8%, but the article claims a 25% increase in transistors. So there's only an actual 3% increase (1.25 / 1.218) in the transistor density with this new process. Most of the advancement is presumably in the form of better heat transfer and cheaper silicon per unit area.
What upgrades would folks recommend from the base configuration? I've never had an Apple Silicon machine and assume the base processor/RAM would be fine, but I've heard others say not to go with less than 16 GB of RAM. I think I'd go with the 512 option for the SSD.<p>Would love to hear from folks with Apple Silicon experience!
I'm confused about the display size. It's smaller than the 14".<p>Also, the small print is outdated:<p>> The displays on the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro have rounded corners at the top. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screens are 14.2 inches and 16.2 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).<p>Oh that's for the pro
Love it, but the lack of ports still seems like a bit of an issue. It looks like the MBA and 13in MBP only have 2 USBC ports, with one used for charging (they don’t have magsafe from what i can see). The 14/16in MBPs have 3 USBC, HDMI, SD card + a separate magsafe charging port.
No new colours for the MBP? Lame.. I'm holding out for some greens, reds, blues even. Midnight is cool, but it's basically just darker grey and not on the MBP. Pretty sick of silver and grey tbh
The base M2 macbook air is $1499 in the US. Whereas it is £1549 in the UK. Previousely Apple just replaces the currency but uses the same figure. Now Apple has increased the uk price. Thank you Apple.
Sad to see the bump to $1199 though. That $999 base model Macbook Air is the hottest deal on a laptop today. Seems like it's kind of a magic number that can sway people from a Windows machine.
Unfortunate that the wedge design is gone.<p>The previous one was really comfortable to type on since you didn't feel the 90 degree metal edge digging into your wrist like on the pro models.<p>Was one of the main reasons I got it.
Awesome hardware and I will get one. But interesting that with the slight price increase there has been zero progress in performance per $ since 2 years. Shows how far ahead the M1 was.
8/10 cores, 16GB, 512GB comes out to $1700. That's quite a bit pricey IMO compared to the base 14" MBP ($2k) which has better port selection, and beefier CPU/GPU.
It's unfortunate that the base price is $1200. I don't see myself recommending this to friends when the M1 Air starts at $1000 and is so similarly spec'd.
Disappointed that it still only supports 1 external display, albeit up to 6K.<p>Otherwise still looks like an amazing machine so I'm probably still getting one anyway.
For every new device Apple markets, I'm curious if they still have that famed "#courage" they so loudly advertised a while back. Let's take a look at the tech specs:<p><a href="https://www.apple.com/macbook-air-m2/specs/" rel="nofollow">https://www.apple.com/macbook-air-m2/specs/</a><p>> 3.5 mm headphone jack<p>Nice.<p>I am unhappy it's on the righthand side, but I won't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Every iteration of Apple is "redesigned, reimagined, stronger than the strongest, better than the previous iteration, thinner, lighter, faster".
I am running out of adjectives.
Why do we pay for these marketing stunts?
One paragraph on that page bothers me:<p>"Better for the Environment"<p>No, it is not better for the environment, it is not as bad for the environment.