Impressions of the Redesigned M2 MacBook Air: New Features, Design, and Color Options
Impressions of the redesigned M2 MacBook Air with new colors, MagSafe, fast charging, quad speakers, and improved display. Thinner bezels, brighter display, new notch design, and touch ID function row. Midnight color prone to fingerprints. More expensive than M1 version. Better design, larger display, touch ID, MagSafe, fast charging, improved webcam, and more ports than M2 MacBook Pro. Supports only one external display. A good choice for most people.
00:00:00 Apple's new MacBook Air for 2022 features a redesigned rectangular design, still thin and lightweight. Includes headphone jack, two thunderbolt ports, and MagSafe support.
👉 Apple has released a new MacBook Air for 2022 with a redesigned rectangular shape.
💻 The new MacBook Air maintains its thin and lightweight profile, with a z height of 11.3mm and weighing 2.7 pounds.
🎧 It features a headphone jack with high impedance support, two thunderbolt ports, and the addition of MagSafe.
00:01:11 Impressions of the new M2 MacBook Air with new colors, MagSafe, fast charging, quad speakers, and improved display. Excited for the review!
The new MacBook Air comes in four new colors with matching MagSafe cables.
It supports fast charging up to 67 watts with an optional power brick.
The laptop features a new quad speaker setup and triple mic array for better audio.
00:02:22 Impressions of the M2 MacBook Air: Thinner bezels, brighter display, new notch design, full-height function row with touch ID. Midnight color option has a bluish hue, prone to fingerprints.
💻 The new MacBook Air has thinner bezels and a larger, brighter display.
📷 It features a new 1080p webcam and a notch at the top.
⌨️ The keyboard has a full-height function row with touch ID and backlit keys.
00:03:32 Impressions of the M2 MacBook Air, highlighting its new chip for improved performance and impressive battery life within a sleek design.
💻 The new M2 chip in the MacBook Air promises significant performance improvements.
🔋 The MacBook Air offers impressive battery life and memory capabilities.
🎥 The M2 chip is suitable for everyday computing tasks and can handle video processing.
00:04:42 Impressions of the M2 MacBook Air: More expensive than the M1 version, and the M1 is still available at a lower price. The M2 MacBook Pro has the same design as the M1 version but with an upgraded chip.
💻 The new M2 MacBook Air starts at $1200, making it more expensive than the previous M1 model.
🔄 Surprisingly, the old design M1 MacBook Air is still available at a lower price of $999.
🔁 The M2 chip has been introduced in the MacBook Pro, but there is no external redesign and it starts at $1299.
00:05:51 The M2 MacBook Air offers a better design, larger display, touch ID, MagSafe, fast charging, improved webcam, more ports, and lighter weight compared to the M2 MacBook Pro, making it a preferable choice for most people.
💼 The M2 MacBook Air and M2 MacBook Pro are expected to have the same price and specs.
📱 The M2 MacBook Air has several advantages over the Pro, including a thinner and lighter design, a larger display, touch ID, MagSafe, fast charging, better webcam, speakers, microphones, and more ports.
🔥 The only advantage of the M2 MacBook Pro is its active cooling system, which provides extra performance for sustained workloads, but only a small group of people would benefit from it.
00:07:01 Impressions of the new M2 MacBook Air with one weird quirk: it supports only one external display despite having two ports. Still a good machine to use and carry around. Which color do you think is best?
💻 The M2 MacBook Air is a good machine that is fun to use and carry around.
🖥️ Despite having two ports, the MacBook Air only supports one external display up to 6k resolution.
🌟 The speaker is considering getting the Midnight color for the MacBook Air, but is open to other options.
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