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No matter what the reasons for the weak SSD are. Apple would have found a way if they wanted to. Simply supplying the device with 512 GB as standard would be an option. At least for the Pro model because it is supposed to be a Pro...
Would make so much sense, apples line up is a huge confusion. The gap between entry level machines and pro are too close. And the upgrades prices even get the all thing worst...
Isn't it just amazing that Max always brings us quality teardowns before almost a lot of creators even get to do their reviews! Superb video! love these info-filled videos!
Always love the dedication of this channel, Taking the machine apart before we even see the new keyboard and screen! Sad about the SSD though, I know that majority is okay with 8/256 but the upgrade price is madness
@@kutasimusic compared to the competition (same hardware, performance, and beautiful design; maybe Surface Pro and Dell XPS), the MacBook is well priced. We need to consider a lot of free high quality software from Apple such as MacOS, iMovie, GarageBand, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Calendar, Notes, Find My... . So the price doesnt reflect just the hardware.. it's the entire ecosystem. 😁
this is great I really appreciate teardown videos, as a computer engineer seeing the internals is one of the things I enjoy the most thanks for the content
These reviews and teardowns really help me in deciding what to do, M1 Air, M2 Air or spending more and going for a 14 inch Pro. For me it works to understand how they are build and how they perform. I am not a creator who needs huge SSD’s and multiple 120Hz 4K or over displays so all of the extreme benchmarks do not really apply in my case. A teardown like this helps.
It’s crazy how small the main motherboard is, how little space it takes up in the body. I do love how much attention to detail Apple put into the inside where most people will never see, look or appreciate.
Among all the redesign and upgrade details of M2 MBA I never thought about the repairability topic.. In my opinion, improved repairability does mean extra worth, and is important to mention when counting pros and cons. Thank you for this great content ! 💖
You guys are doing a great job with the in depth analysis and comparisons. Keep up the great work. It is invaluable when choosing a machine to fit your workload and knowing it's limitations.
I think apple made the m1 much more powerful than even they anticipated. That messed up their M2 upgrade path. This is a path correction that will make sense again with M3.
The M2 is still quite a bit faster than the M1. I don't think apple expected every chip refresh to be a massive jump since most people keep Macs for 5+ years you need to consider the perfomance increase over a 5 year time range for the real world user noticeable improvement in perf. How does the M1 compared to an M4/5 that will be the companion that 95% of the M1 users get not vs the M2.
I'd say there was the issue of TSMC not having 3nm process ready just yet, but will be ready for M2 pro/max/ultra. Which I find could be strange really. Because then you'd have M2 at 5nm, then the rest of the M2 family on 3nm with much better performance.... AND when M3 pro etc comes out on 3nm, it won't be much better than M2 pro etc etc.
@@hishnash THIS. Tech TH-cam, especially apple channels, always focus on year over year improvements when the large majority of people are not upgrading that often. “Small improvements” are still improvements that will just add on to however large of a jump a new device will be for 99% of consumers
Despite the slower SSD speed on base model and thermal enclosure limitation in certain use cases, this laptop is still the perfect machine to get for my parents since in their use will never face the “issues”. PS: amazing channel with great reviews on products. Keep up with the great work!
As a fan of MBA M2, I found this video unique and exciting. This is something that we, viewers, did not expect as a product review. Thank you so much for this! 🥰
You guys are awesome, always my first reference before buying a new Mac these days, digging out all the tiny bits yet important information before making a buy decision, like the recent SSD speed limitation on the new 13” pro, thermal throttling of these machines, thanks for making us buying the right tools, cheers!
The detailed comparisons are just amazing , love this work . I would keep sticking with M1 MacBook Air . Just love it , as a student can tell it's an overall package one can get .
You channel is awesome and i guess your were the first to do such a comprehensive test on Apple m2 silicon based macbook and found out its flaw. Hope your channel crosses 5 million next year.
I would be very interested in seeing how this thin heatsink performs, and how much thermal pads would help. This heatsink has quite a lot of surface area, so you could probably fit a lot of thermal pads on it.
It is worth remembering there are regulations as to how hot the bottom of a laptop is permitted to get, if you are sure your never going to use your laptop on your lap and you have a metal case a thermal bridge to the underside of the case will really help with thermals but be very careful not to use the laptop on your lap or other meltable fabrics, if you do a mod like this you need to only use your laptop on a desk (and a desk that is not going to be damaged by hot things so not a nice wooden French polish). What would be a more interesting mod but would require someone with some tooling (many LTT or someone else) would be to remove the large speakers and run a heat pipe from the cpu to that area with a small fan.
@@hishnash I doubt it would be that bad. The M1 Air with thermal pad exporting 4K video still has a cooler base than the 2015 MBP that’s streaming Netflix while on the charger. An M2 with thermal pads will only heat up while running prolonged heavy tasks like video rendering and exports and it still generates less heat for the performance than Intel chips, and no one exports video with their computer on their lap. You hit the button and set the computer aside to do its thing.
Awesome dissection! Very interested to see additional information comparing base 1 NAND chip 256 & 2 chip 512 for both everyday & pro users. How big a difference & how much of a recommendation to upgrade to 512 for each type of user.
That M2 Air redesign looks amazing both inside and out! Can't wait to see the testing. Would love to see comparisons with the M1 Air and M2 with 256GB and 512GB SSDs, as well as the 10 core GPU option with the M2 Pro.
@@thecanmanification I agree but for many the M1 MBA was a stop gap measure to get away from Intel while they waited for the inevitable redesigns. In the case of the MBP 14”/16” it was probably worth the jump after 2 years for many but for this new M2 MBA or MBP it would be silly.
@@JoshSherrill I see, if that’s the case why don’t you trade in? You pay a lot less. I have a 4th gen iPad Air and I wasn’t planning on upgrading but the M1 chip is tempting me and if I trade in I basically get 75% off.
That was a great review! It’s nice to see this system is intended to be to repair, and also how they maximized the battery size. It sucks they only included a single ssd chip, which may affect performance in some cases. Great video!
I have to say, I'm surprised the M1 seems to out perform the M2 in a lot of scenarios. The M2 is definitely a beautiful machine and I'd still love to have one though!
For me, the new design aesthetic of M2 air is pretty enticing. But base on price hike especially outside the USA, the m1 air is still a valid pragmatic entry level choice in MacBook realm. And as always, I enjoy this type of your detailed and informative contents.
Absolutely great short-teardown vid! I think this fanless hardware will become a groundbreaking thing in tech, I had watched a video from LTT about fanless-PC, but this particular thing came from a SFF architecture, which is cool (but also hot when it need to be our companion for heavy-duty 😂). Well explained Max Tech!
Wow. that motherboard is very small. So do you still recommend applying other brand thermal pads? does this really help for photo editing in Capture one?
It’s so beautiful, but if Apple designs the base model with 16gb ram and 512gb SSD, that will make it more attractive. Thank Max Tech for these great content and information!
I think a 8GB RAM & 256GB SSD makes sense for the base model - with TWO 128GB SSDs. And the upgraded model? 16GB RAM and two 256GB SSDs. But not $400 extra. Only $200.
I love Max Tech, the way they were so excited and concerned for us potential customers that they just opened up the complete thing with so much effort without even doing the first boot ✨, only for us to know whether the new air had new ssd's... 🙌❤
Loved to see the RAM space management! The overall design language of Apple is getting cohesive across products, now more than ever! Love these teardowns!
As a self proclaimed tech geek, I always find myself smiling about how excited the team gets on all of the videos. Definitely one of my favorite channels on TH-cam.
Really interested in seeing how added thermal paste reduces the internal temperature around the M2 chip. Also curious to see if an external laptop cooling pad would additionally help as well, especially when trying to push the M2 to it's highest rated performance with limited thermal throttling. Great video though guys, definitely staying tuned for your further tests.
My 2013 MBA still works perfectly fine after so many years of daily uses and I have only replaced the SSD with a larger size one. I plan to keep my next apple laptop for a long time too and the improved reparability in the new M2 MBA is definitely a plus.
I’m still on MBA 2013 too, had to replace the battery but otherwise it’s all good. I think this M2 MBA means it is finally time for me to upgrade though I’ll miss the extra ports.
What I love about your videos is how quickly, yet thoroughly topics are explained. It makes it much easier to comprehend all the information. I'm a university student from Europe and could definitely use a new laptop for my studies. The weight and slim design of this laptop is perfect for a student like me.
You all are doing truly astounding position. I truly love to watch your recordings cause, I'm interested to find out about the innovation that update regular. So thank you Max Tech for refreshing us and for the MacBook M1 give way.
UPDATE: There's a chance the USI chip is just a WiFi chip, or Ultrawideband is built into the main WiFi chip. Can't confirm yet.
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I can't wait to see if thermal throttling is a concern. Love the new look for this laptop.
@@marcranger7421 I worry it will suffer from thermal throttling more than the earlier versions.
Superb video . 👍 . I am waiting 😎
You relieved the secrets of Mac.
Bro how do you now when you win
Bro I'm always watching your videos for updates about apple
No matter what the reasons for the weak SSD are. Apple would have found a way if they wanted to. Simply supplying the device with 512 GB as standard would be an option. At least for the Pro model because it is supposed to be a Pro...
you're right its more forgivable on the air
Would make so much sense, apples line up is a huge confusion. The gap between entry level machines and pro are too close. And the upgrades prices even get the all thing worst...
@@macalienx I bet anything they want a bigger gap but with chip shortages and prices they couldn’t. The air alone went up like $200.
At the price of the new air (and pro as well) they should definitely have 512gb as starter and no 256gb anymore.
@@RyanEllerbe true, that situation with the chips are going to bring all those prices up... And the delivery times too.
Thanks for being the first channel to speak up about the SSD issues
The level of engineering that goes into these machines is absolutely INSANE!
There are no such cool reviews in my country at all, I watch you with the help of a translator and am happy😁 Thank you🤝
I’ve watched this channel for years. By far, this video has been my most anticipated this year! They killed it! Fantastic! Keep on the great work!
Indeed!
Well, they certainly looked to kill the laptop!
Isn't it just amazing that Max always brings us quality teardowns before almost a lot of creators even get to do their reviews! Superb video! love these info-filled videos!
Always love the dedication of this channel,
Taking the machine apart before we even see the new keyboard and screen!
Sad about the SSD though, I know that majority is okay with 8/256 but the upgrade price is madness
Great teardown video! greetings from Portugal!
The internal looks so beautiful and well engineered. Apple does pay a lot of attention to details and design.
...and pays attention to your wallet too. 😛
@@kutasimusic compared to the competition (same hardware, performance, and beautiful design; maybe Surface Pro and Dell XPS), the MacBook is well priced. We need to consider a lot of free high quality software from Apple such as MacOS, iMovie, GarageBand, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Calendar, Notes, Find My... . So the price doesnt reflect just the hardware.. it's the entire ecosystem. 😁
this is great I really appreciate teardown videos, as a computer engineer seeing the internals is one of the things I enjoy the most thanks for the content
These reviews and teardowns really help me in deciding what to do, M1 Air, M2 Air or spending more and going for a 14 inch Pro. For me it works to understand how they are build and how they perform. I am not a creator who needs huge SSD’s and multiple 120Hz 4K or over displays so all of the extreme benchmarks do not really apply in my case. A teardown like this helps.
Thank you guys!
It’s crazy how small the main motherboard is, how little space it takes up in the body. I do love how much attention to detail Apple put into the inside where most people will never see, look or appreciate.
Best internal design I've seen in a laptop. Great job guys, thank you for the tear down!
Among all the redesign and upgrade details of M2 MBA I never thought about the repairability topic.. In my opinion, improved repairability does mean extra worth, and is important to mention when counting pros and cons. Thank you for this great content ! 💖
You guys are doing a great job with the in depth analysis and comparisons. Keep up the great work. It is invaluable when choosing a machine to fit your workload and knowing it's limitations.
You guys are killing it with these reviews! Keep ‘em coming! 🔥🔥🔥
I think apple made the m1 much more powerful than even they anticipated. That messed up their M2 upgrade path. This is a path correction that will make sense again with M3.
The M2 is still quite a bit faster than the M1. I don't think apple expected every chip refresh to be a massive jump since most people keep Macs for 5+ years you need to consider the perfomance increase over a 5 year time range for the real world user noticeable improvement in perf. How does the M1 compared to an M4/5 that will be the companion that 95% of the M1 users get not vs the M2.
@@hishnash i dont get how people see this as only a small jump, 20 and 35 percent for cpu and gpu is a very significant jump
I'd say there was the issue of TSMC not having 3nm process ready just yet, but will be ready for M2 pro/max/ultra. Which I find could be strange really. Because then you'd have M2 at 5nm, then the rest of the M2 family on 3nm with much better performance.... AND when M3 pro etc comes out on 3nm, it won't be much better than M2 pro etc etc.
@@hishnash THIS. Tech TH-cam, especially apple channels, always focus on year over year improvements when the large majority of people are not upgrading that often. “Small improvements” are still improvements that will just add on to however large of a jump a new device will be for 99% of consumers
bro u going on every review and saying the same thing!
That’s some impressive engineering on the inside. Looking forward to more tests on it!
Despite the slower SSD speed on base model and thermal enclosure limitation in certain use cases, this laptop is still the perfect machine to get for my parents since in their use will never face the “issues”. PS: amazing channel with great reviews on products. Keep up with the great work!
As a fan of MBA M2, I found this video unique and exciting. This is something that we, viewers, did not expect as a product review. Thank you so much for this! 🥰
You guys are awesome, always my first reference before buying a new Mac these days, digging out all the tiny bits yet important information before making a buy decision, like the recent SSD speed limitation on the new 13” pro, thermal throttling of these machines, thanks for making us buying the right tools, cheers!
The detailed comparisons are just amazing , love this work . I would keep sticking with M1 MacBook Air . Just love it , as a student can tell it's an overall package one can get .
You channel is awesome and i guess your were the first to do such a comprehensive test on Apple m2 silicon based macbook and found out its flaw. Hope your channel crosses 5 million next year.
I would be very interested in seeing how this thin heatsink performs, and how much thermal pads would help. This heatsink has quite a lot of surface area, so you could probably fit a lot of thermal pads on it.
It is worth remembering there are regulations as to how hot the bottom of a laptop is permitted to get, if you are sure your never going to use your laptop on your lap and you have a metal case a thermal bridge to the underside of the case will really help with thermals but be very careful not to use the laptop on your lap or other meltable fabrics, if you do a mod like this you need to only use your laptop on a desk (and a desk that is not going to be damaged by hot things so not a nice wooden French polish).
What would be a more interesting mod but would require someone with some tooling (many LTT or someone else) would be to remove the large speakers and run a heat pipe from the cpu to that area with a small fan.
this little thing is going to get hot and thermal throttled a lot!
@@hishnash Add thermal pad+external fan, that’s going to be the best combination
@@hishnash
I doubt it would be that bad.
The M1 Air with thermal pad exporting 4K video still has a cooler base than the 2015 MBP that’s streaming Netflix while on the charger. An M2 with thermal pads will only heat up while running prolonged heavy tasks like video rendering and exports and it still generates less heat for the performance than Intel chips, and no one exports video with their computer on their lap. You hit the button and set the computer aside to do its thing.
Cool tear down! I love being able to see the crazy engineering Apple is doing. Wish their software team was doing as well as their hardware team.
Awesome dissection! Very interested to see additional information comparing base 1 NAND chip 256 & 2 chip 512 for both everyday & pro users. How big a difference & how much of a recommendation to upgrade to 512 for each type of user.
Difficult, but super informative video. Good work!
That M2 Air redesign looks amazing both inside and out! Can't wait to see the testing. Would love to see comparisons with the M1 Air and M2 with 256GB and 512GB SSDs, as well as the 10 core GPU option with the M2 Pro.
Going to stay with the M1 MBA for now but looking forward to seeing what they do with this new design for future iterations.
I think you generally shouldn’t be upgrading your laptop every 2 years lol. Seems a little excessive
@@thecanmanification I agree but for many the M1 MBA was a stop gap measure to get away from Intel while they waited for the inevitable redesigns. In the case of the MBP 14”/16” it was probably worth the jump after 2 years for many but for this new M2 MBA or MBP it would be silly.
@@JoshSherrill I see, if that’s the case why don’t you trade in? You pay a lot less.
I have a 4th gen iPad Air and I wasn’t planning on upgrading but the M1 chip is tempting me and if I trade in I basically get 75% off.
@@thecanmanification can I trade in my m1 MacBook Air for the m2, even though the m2 is more expensive?
@@Kazim28 you can trade in anything man, it just takes some money off the top
That was a great review! It’s nice to see this system is intended to be
to repair, and also how they maximized the battery size.
So it uses fanless cooling ?
No fan or noise. Don’t get hot
The internals looks so beautiful and clean just like the outside of the mac. Apple created a masterpiece. Now much more easy to repair.
That was a great review! It’s nice to see this system is intended to be
to repair, and also how they maximized the battery size. It sucks they only included a single ssd chip, which may affect performance in some cases. Great video!
I have to say, I'm surprised the M1 seems to out perform the M2 in a lot of scenarios. The M2 is definitely a beautiful machine and I'd still love to have one though!
That's true only for the base models. 16/512 m2 outperforms m1, but... With that price it makes more sense to go m1 pro 14 inch model
Are you certain a recently made M1 Air isn't set up in the same way with one chip for the 256GB model?
Your hard work is appreciated man.
For me, the new design aesthetic of M2 air is pretty enticing. But base on price hike especially outside the USA, the m1 air is still a valid pragmatic entry level choice in MacBook realm.
And as always, I enjoy this type of your detailed and informative contents.
This looks like a great machine but I'm bummed by the read/write speeds on the 256 Gb model
Absolutely great short-teardown vid!
I think this fanless hardware will become a groundbreaking thing in tech, I had watched a video from LTT about fanless-PC, but this particular thing came from a SFF architecture, which is cool (but also hot when it need to be our companion for heavy-duty 😂). Well explained Max Tech!
Wow. that motherboard is very small. So do you still recommend applying other brand thermal pads? does this really help for photo editing in Capture one?
It’s so beautiful, but if Apple designs the base model with 16gb ram and 512gb SSD, that will make it more attractive. Thank Max Tech for these great content and information!
I think a 8GB RAM & 256GB SSD makes sense for the base model - with TWO 128GB SSDs.
And the upgraded model? 16GB RAM and two 256GB SSDs. But not $400 extra. Only $200.
I think they got the specs right for the base 14" M1 MBP, 16GB/512GB. Wish they did the same on the M2 MBA.
I love Max Tech, the way they were so excited and concerned for us potential customers that they just opened up the complete thing with so much effort without even doing the first boot ✨, only for us to know whether the new air had new ssd's... 🙌❤
I really wish Apple would start designing reparability into their products.
Enjoyed the video! Good job Max
This looks so well engineered! However, I feel like the thermals might become an issue a bit worse than on the M1 MBA.
Loved to see the RAM space management! The overall design language of Apple is getting cohesive across products, now more than ever! Love these teardowns!
As a self proclaimed tech geek, I always find myself smiling about how excited the team gets on all of the videos. Definitely one of my favorite channels on TH-cam.
They do a little fanboyism.
I'm really interested if you can add thermal pads for better heat dissipation. Interesting to see the insides of these machines.
Really interested in seeing how added thermal paste reduces the internal temperature around the M2 chip. Also curious to see if an external laptop cooling pad would additionally help as well, especially when trying to push the M2 to it's highest rated performance with limited thermal throttling. Great video though guys, definitely staying tuned for your further tests.
My 2013 MBA still works perfectly fine after so many years of daily uses and I have only replaced the SSD with a larger size one. I plan to keep my next apple laptop for a long time too and the improved reparability in the new M2 MBA is definitely a plus.
I’m still on MBA 2013 too, had to replace the battery but otherwise it’s all good. I think this M2 MBA means it is finally time for me to upgrade though I’ll miss the extra ports.
Enjoyed the teardown!! Very nice
Second cuz god comes first 🙏
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What I love about your videos is how quickly, yet thoroughly topics are explained. It makes it much easier to comprehend all the information. I'm a university student from Europe and could definitely use a new laptop for my studies. The weight and slim design of this laptop is perfect for a student like me.
Thanks for all the Apple Updates!
Great effort to keep people updated.....
From Nepal
thank you for this. it really opened my eyes to a lot of things
This video was very interesting and curious at every moment
Cool teardown Vadim!! Thanks for the contest.
Thanks for the tear down. Good luck on your 1M subs!
Woahhh this is soo cool, I am ready always for things like this🎊🔥
appreciate the teardown! very detailed!
I legit watch your videos everytime Apple releases a new product
You guys are getting so close to a million!!
so thankful i came across your channel! thank you !
Thanks for your reviews, love your channel
That’s one of your best videos!!!!! Continue like this 💪🏼
Awesome walk thru like always!
You guys are huuuge, the best in TH-cam 🚀
Wow you totally made it more informative....for us to know more things we don't know....following and learned a lot. POWWEERR
Can I upgrade the storage myself?
I enjoyed that you went straight for the teardown, like right away.
Nice video thanks for the teardown
thank you guys so much for clearing up!
Love watching the teardown videos
That's a great teardown! Almost iFixit level!
Awesome video detailed review. Keep up the good work!
Loved the tear down!
Thanks for the video, guys.
Great unbox guys, and awesome content quality, thanks for doing this kind of videos!!
Thanks for your hard work and diligence, gents!
Great teardown! I love this channel! Keep on the great work!
Great job
Been watching this channel for a long time and will always be my go-to tech channel
You all are doing truly astounding position. I truly love to watch your recordings cause, I'm interested to find out about the innovation that update regular. So thank you Max Tech for refreshing us and for the MacBook M1 give way.
Great tear down. Your videos are very helpful with making a purchase decision.
Great video with so much explanation. Love them
Thanks for the tear down!
Helped me in choosing my first Mac computer!
Amazing video as always, full of usefuel information regarding which device to buy
Thanks for the teardown ! Keep up the good work !
Good work guys!
I love the teardown, i also love the informational videos as well.
Love the honest reviews and info!
Great videos about the M2 MacBook Air, guys! Keep up the good work!
thanks for the review!
Very interesting! Thanks for this! Congrats!
Thank you for showing us such a good video in the first place
this is the best channel to have a look at apples components thank you for the explanation on everything
Very Informative! Thank you!