@@mattzfn I bought one, but BTO is shipping in August :( - it will be useful as an upgrade from my M1 Air since it has the ProRes decoder built into the M2 chip!
He's really one of the best writer/presenter because Anthony is just too knowledgeable about a lot of stuff. It's rare to see someone good at talking in front of a screen while being knowledgeable about the product itself. Even linus comes at second place when anthony is on screen.
I only watch this channel for Anthony. I actually can’t stand any of the other presenters because of their forced attempts at humour and over the top presentation styles
@@lateral1385 I’m not against 256 being sold for people who do cloud computing, however, it’s absolutely unacceptable that it’s so nerfed because the whole point for users should be that its easy to get things on and off the disk? Like… to the cloud or a server or a drive…
9:27. I got the MacBook Air specifically because it doesn't have a fan. I'm frequently in dusty environments and the fanless design is a game changer. The thermal tape mod works well. I wish more computers were fanless
i got the m1 pro 14inch, and the fan almost never turns on honestly. So noise wise its almost the same. (unless you are doing something really heavy like video editing)
@@gbessone but the problem is dust like he says, dust cannot be avoided with fans, you have to clean then eventually and get inside your computer and reduce your computer's life span
@@gasparmxm In my case fans almost never turn on (i never do the kind of heavy editing that would require fans to turn on), so i don't see myself ever having to clean them. If i did, would be after 10 years and by then i'd have another computer.
@@gbessone fine dust floats around and deposits whether or not the fan runs. The fan running merely accelerates it 100x. Sealed still matters in environments with enough fine dust.
i dont understand why apple can be so good at making good products but when it comes to repairability that do a hard no... dont they want to be known for making products that last?
For the UFO test, I’ve had some trouble with Safari and delivering proper frame rates. Both on external displays with higher refresh rates or the pro motion built-in screen, it was strange…
When you wake the M1 MacBook Pro from sleep, it sometimes will just have that stutter. Only way to get rid of it is to reboot. Pretty inconvenient, and it’s been a problem since it came out.
@@guadalupe8589 For a company that once had an ego the size of a skyscraper that is pretty pathetic to be honest. Bugs like that are a little more than just "software perfection". At this point MacOS is worse than Windows and probably even more plagued than some Linux distributions..
Even with just a Shortcircuit, you've already gone deeper into the SSD performance than all of these youtubers who think a peak sequential transfer is all. Throw some random 4K reads/writes in, hammer the IOPS, I hope to see more in depth testing on the full review than many of these less technical channels have done.
More than 1 product tends to confuse LTT EXCEPT when it’s a non-Apple product, for some reason being non-Apple tends to last longer for some as-yet-unidentified reason.
@@B.D.F. they always call out other brands for confusing naming schemes. You just hear it more often about apple products because they have a horrendous naming scheme and it’s fun to make fun of apple (I’m an apple fanboy btw)
@@cienciabit For sure. I had a 2013 M1 Pro that I bought knowing I wanted a bigger screen for dev work but the performance was just too good to pass up. When the MBP 14/16s came out, I immediately ordered a 16 Max, but it was too heavy for me... I finally found my goldilocks machine... 14 Pro with 32gb memory.
$1699 for 16gb + 512 + 2 extra cores. At that point you might as well buy an M1 Pro 14" for $1799 when it's on sale, or $1850 w/ edu discount. I loved the M1 air, but $200 for each upgrade ontop of the increased base price, makes it hard to recommend outside the base 8/256 for general light activity.
10:07 Because Apple still enforces only one external display natively on the MacBook Air, even though it's more than capable of running two external displays since M1. That's why I have to use a Wavlink DisplayLink hub.
Imagine Craig Federighi posting a video about the Craigbook and ending every feature sentence by "How cool is that?". Yes, I'm sure you read this with Craig's voice. 😎
9:22 I’ve been using the M1 Air all year and I’ve never managed to get it to a point where I’d like a fan. The silence is absolutely priceless. I don’t do any intensive rendering though.
The 13 inch pro has almost always been the sacrificial Mac to bring up the sales of the air as they spec so similar and this year once again they did just that
Ya honestly I have no desire to buy the Pro anymore. If I need more power it is way more economical to just build a desktop, but if you are gonna have a laptop, better to have the best combo of portability and power, and that's definitely the air
@@abhishekparmar6702 They are USB-C, that's for sure. Then, both are equipped with Thunderbolt technology for increased speed. For example, you there are non-Thunderbolt USB-C around.
@@gs7828 but if it’s thunderbolt 4 then it must be able to support 2 4K displays which I believe was what he wanted that the m2 air doesn’t support unfortunately
@@wocaomade They are NOT Thunderbolt 4. Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for: Charging DisplayPort Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s) M1 / M2 can't support multiple external displays because the chips for displays are in the SoC and they are relatively big, so Apple is only including one.
So Apple’s cheapest ‘new’ laptop is $1200. But you shouldn’t buy that. You should upgrade it to the $1500 one. And better yet $200 more for 16GB of memory. And all that you needed was a light laptop for browsing and office work. p.s. the $1500 one is €1870 in Europe. Because Apple tax.
Ah yes. Stupid prices in Europe. And the base model is 1500€? Instead of 1200€ that it should be (let’s say 1300€ because of VAT and transport). Retarded prices.
$1500 is without sales tax, which you always need to add for US prices unless you live kn a state without them like Delaware. With current bad Euro conversion rates (1=1) and let’s say 19% sales tax in Germany, you are at 1785€. Same model is 1850€ in Germany. So the Apple “tax“ in Europe is not as bad as you think it is, especially since e.g. in Germany there are also more bullshit taxes like GEMA which actually charge you for any sold phone, tablet and computer to accompany for “private copies of music“. I shit you not, this is an actual tax and costs you like 13,72€ for notebooks.
@@neappx Forgive me if this is ignorant, I'm not familiar with the tax systems in Europe. Also, I may not understand what you've said. If the product is listed as 1850€ on the German website, would the 19% German sales tax not be applied to that amount making the final cost 2,201.50€? The US cost would be $1,594 (with avg US sales tax of 6.35%) vs $2,201( Germany with 1€=$1). Difference of $607 (32% more expensive). Or is the 1850€ on the website already including sales tax? I'm not trying to be argumentative or call you out. I'm just confused on the differences in costs haha
@@neappx Ahh, I see. That makes much more sense then haha. I wish the US would do that with their products, it would be much more consumer friendly. When we buy gas, the price already includes all the taxes, but not with other products. Thanks!
the problem with buying a reasonable spec on this laptop is that the 16 GB + 512 GB storage option brings the total to $1499 which is just soooo close to the 14’’ MacBook Pro base model with the same specs which went for $1849 iirc on sale on Amazon. For only a couple hundred bucks more there are substantial upgrades over the m2 air. Maybe this was Apple’s pricing strategy to get people to buy the 14’’ mbp though
Those specs sound reasonable to us tech geeks but for the majority of people it's not necessary to have 16gb or an internal 512gb storage. A lot of people use airs to write notes at uni, stream video and music and keep their photos mostly on the cloud or an external. If you aren't one of those people and must have an apple laptop then the higher tier macbook pro that antony references makes sense. Because as you've pointed out extras are shit value on all apple products.
@@cody8860 16-512GB version of air is dangerously close to the pro irrespective of whether or not somebody will actually buy the 16-512GB version of air
Lol if 16gb is necessary to you then just buy the pro. 95% of the people buying the air do not need 16gb of RAM. The only upgrade that people might wanna do is upgrade to the 512gb ssd so you have 2 NAND chips. And where I live the price difference between the 14” pro and the M2 air with 512gb ssd is still €500
@@pyrocrewZuiden 16-512GB version of air is dangerously close to the pro irrespective of whether or not somebody will actually buy the 16-512GB version of air
I almost feel like they're doing this on purpose. The M1 MBA was sufficient for a lot of professionals. It was almost too good, so they had to throttle it back to encourage people to spend more. Ultimately, I went with a 14" MBP M1 for $1616 at BB (Open-Box).
Seriously the M1 air was more powerful than their best intel macbook pros, which professionals had been using for ages. So ya most people don't need more
I've been using my M1 Air daily for almost a year now. I personally love that it DOESN'T have a fan, because it keeps silent the 99% of the time the CPU isn't at full speed. I'm not afraid to keep the computer at weird angles or on bad surfaces because it's completely solid.
I agree, it was a big selling point for me. And really makes complete sense considering almost all smartphones and tablets don't have fans and have plenty of power. GG Apple!
4:26 "Pro's display is sRGB whereas this one is DCI-P3" The 2022 M2 MacBook Pros do have P3 colour. MacBook Pros have had P3 since the 2016 models. Anthony might have mixed it up with older MacBook Airs which didn't get P3 support until the M1 models.
The extra room accorded by a 512GB SSD that costs Apple $50 max, while they upcharge you $200 for it. Apple is the king of "suck it up and pay us more".
yep, that's why I say it's base models or bust with apple, and the m2 air is a bust in the base model so I'd rather get an m1 air, m1 pro, or wait for a new one. It doesn't help that it doesn't have any real cooling either, that's why it will get over 100 degrees while doing anything with the performance cores
@madan pal the 256k and 4K random reads and writes are about the same if not faster in the m2 air so for most users they will never notice the performance difference or have a better experience even on the 256gb air. Also, hardly any users spring for a TB3 nvme pcie SSD external drive. They are either using an HDD or at best a USB3.1 Gen 2 SSD that maxes out around 1GBps. So they will never have an occasion to utilize this speeds pretty much. File copies to the same drive are instantaneous now with the APFS filesystem.
Thanks Anthony, I really appreciate your advice. I got the 512gb M1 air a little over a year ago with the intention of using that while I waited for the M1 Pro to come out. I ended up skipping the M1 pro because my M1 air was more capable than I expected it to be, and I loved the light weight as someone with back issues. At this point I'll probably just sell it and get a M2 air instead, the higher end one like you recommended. Thanks so much for your advice pal
@@ThunderDraws Unfortunately I only got 8gb of ram, which definitely bothers me. I originally tried to order the 16gb, 512gb version, but they said it would take a week to arrive. So I saw I could get the 8gb, 512gb same day and I went for it cause in my mind it was only going to be temporary anyway so what the hell. I wish I had considered that I might actually want to keep the M1 air, in that case I would have definitely been willing to wait the extra week for 16gb of ram. So now I'm not sure what to do lol. but I know I wish I had 16gb of ram.
@@2intheampm512 See my reply to Thunder Draws. What do you think I should do? In most cases I don't mind only having 8gb of ram, but in others it has definitely hurt having so little :c
I was investigating our web app performance issues in Safari recently (actually, some Safari dev tools are better than Chrome ones) And stumbled upon the following thing, I will cite... By default, macOS Monterey enables “Low power mode” on Battery power and disables it when using a Power Adapter. Safari, it seems, is programmed to interpret this setting to mean that it should reduce the number of times it paints to the screen to prolong battery life.
I really want an Air. But 16GB of RAM like you say is essential - immediately that with the not-slow SSD is the same price as the equivalent M2 Pro... and that has a fan so you'll get better performance. It's annoying because it's basically the only 2 things I care about - 16GB of RAM and a super fast SSD. I'd otherwise be happy with the slower or less well-cooled CPU. Suddenly we're talking about a 1700 GBP laptop.
Unless you are doing specific things, you will never notice that SSD speed difference. Copying large files every day? Sure, maybe. The most important figures are the random reads/writes.
@@andreewert6576 True. It’s really not a huge deal. Basically, if you’re copying a bunch of vids from one folder to another, that’s where you’ll see a speed difference. Everything else: external storage will be your bottleneck. I’ve got a stupid fast PCIE nvme drive in my desktop (PC). 7gigs per second or something? Literally cannot tell it’s that fast lol. I’d still be fine with my old 1.5gig/second Intel drive.
@@LeftJoystick so many people fall for this. My boot drive is a PCIe3 1TB Samsung 970. There are folks who would call sub 3GB/s performance "too slow" today. Meanwhile, i've pondered going for SATA-M.2s as boot disks for friend's builds, because windows, browers, programs and many games just feel the same with 500MB/s as they do with 5000. Not saying i wouldn't buy NVMEs, it just use them for stuff that actually profits.
@@andreewert6576 Yep for sure. I’ve thrown SATA SSDs in friend’s builds (Samsung EVO models). They work great. No complaints about them being “slow”. Even DRAM Cache is a mostly unnecessary feature **unless you’re using the drive as a system/OS drive**. For a non-power user/someone who doesn’t copy loads of videos/photos, DRAM cache on a secondary drive is pretty much inconsequential. I’m 99% sure my 2TB secondary Nvme drive doesn’t have a DRAM cache. Just use it for games - works fine. Really only matters in a ‘high write’ environment.
2:04 these MacBooks do not have thunderbolt 4 ports cause intel did not release support documents or sth like that for any other platform yet (yes, I think apple too even though they are working with intel to develop the thunderbolt port and its protocol). so you will not see thunderbolt 4 on any other platform other than intel's platform. It is also why Apple is calling the port on their macs "Thunderbolt3/USB4" even though USB 4 is almost Thunderbolt 4 already.
Great video, big Anthony fan here. When you were talking about the SSD speeds and the toll that stuff like Final Cut will take on it - I hear you, BUT if I'm doing enough video editing where that would matter, I'm not buying a MacBook Air to do it. In that scenario, I would be getting a 14" Pro.
Why? 512gb+ SSD, CPU, and GPU are all the same. It’s not going to make a difference until the M2 pro comes out. Edit: I suppose if you need the fan that makes sense but I doubt the Air thermal throttles much.
@@koalaunknown not the same. M1 pro has 512GB with faster write/read speeds than the Air (don’t know why). Also, base model has 16GB RAM. Like MKBHD said: the M1 Pro runs circles around the M2 Air
fair, the m1 pro is hands down a better product to buy for creative use, *however* the fact that the current controversy is measuring the speed in stuff like rendering final cut projects is amazing. like, it's a MacBook air, the fact it can run final cut renders faster than most last gen MacBook pros is insane. I wish they would disclose the SSD speed thing, but this is a thin and light entry level mac, and it's plenty capable for creative work as long as it's not more than 50% of your use case
i did get that weird stutter on my m1 air too, googled it and found other people with the same issue happening occasionally, no solution other than rebooting and hope it doesn't come back, only happened to me once so far, apple, as always, says nothing EDIT: i noticed it when moving the cursor and it was leaving a huge trail behind
Sounds like a glitch in the (matrix) Graphics Cores. Probably be fixed in future graphics drivers. Similar nonsense can happen with NVidia and AMD drivers. As long as it's not happening with any regularity, it's probably not an issue.
@@MrAkaacer For the most part Apple devices do "Just Work". But if you think I've never had to reboot my phone or Mac due to some sort of glitch, I've got a bridge to sell you. These devices are way too complicated to expect zero issues. With that said, I was a bit peeved the other day when I had to reboot my Windows 10 machine to successfully reconnect to the corporate WIFI after it was power cycled, while my Mac colleague happily reconnected no issues. You definitely see the differences on a daily basis.
@@thewiirocks I've seen mac with wifi connection issues. I've seen win10 and linux machines with wifi connection issues. My current PC (and the 6 I run for my nephews and nieces) have no wifi connection issues and neither does my current laptop. My pc Windows htpc has wifi connection issues. Windows and Linux support a wider range of hardware, so occasionally there are glitches. What's Apple's excuse? As a PC user who also supports the occasional mac from family and friends, I don't see a difference in number of issues, except when its a mac issue, it can be a lot harder to resolve at times.
i have the 2020 13" MacBook Pro M1 and it changes to30hz or somehting pretty often which is rather annoying because you can see it very visibly... it changes back sooner or later but i hate that you dont have a setting where you can control or at least monitor the fps
Pretty sure it has Thunderbolt 3 ports not Thunderbolt 4. The M1 /M2 Airs have Thunderbolt / USB4 ports as listed on Apples site. As opposed to Thunderbolt 4 (USBC) for the Studio and MacBook Pro’s.
9:20 I think if I had to get a new laptop I'd go with an air and part of the reason is it not having a fan, so there's no ducts I can clog up over the years of using it on a bed. I'd figure out beforehand if using my desktop pc remotely is something that works, and if it does I can just offload any actual workloads to my desktop, so my laptop would only really be used for office, excel and netflix. I don't have a tv, so my laptop is my main way of consuming content.
Because apple literally designed them bad to the point where even a seasoned tech professional can't open the damn thing without hurting himself... Most conventional laptops even use standard phillips screws...
@@kurtthealien585 dude they made the thing sharp, its not that complicated, it shouldn't be sharp and i bet you apple employes sliced thier finger on that thing too... its dumb to say people shouldnt fix thier own stuff because apple made that plate sharp(prob didnt meen to)
After multiple cinebench runs, the M2 AIR falls back to around 75% of the initial performance, so it slows down a lot. For longer heavy workloads the m2 pro definitely has an edge over it with the fan.
But without the fan it’s completely silent and a lot more durable. I’m torn over this. I’d love a sealed device that doesn’t suck up dust and slow down over time. I’d also love a completely silent device, but it’s all about whether I’d ever be running at 100% CPU for minutes or hours on end…
@@JakeM218 Well I don‘t do any heavy tasks on my macbook air m1 apart from occasionally editing hevc videos and I‘m fine with waiting a few minutes longer for it to render. For any serious tasks I personally prefer using a desktop PC anyway because you can also use it for gaming, if you‘re into that…
When I was looking for a MacBook with M2 I was torn between the Pro and the Air, inevitably I went with the Pro as I needed a little more cooling than I would get with the Air. The additional fact that there was the issue with the SSD's that are being presented, it made me go the direction of the Pro. I love the form factor of the Air over the Pro but aesthetics isn't the only thing that got me there. Hope they go this direction with the future updates for all the designs but don't hate what I have.
@ShortCircuit I don´t know much about Apple stuff but could the read and write SSD test be false because of the not plugged MacSafe by 8:20? please check this for us thx
I actually can't wait for the LTT/Mac Address video on this laptop since I'm considering upgrading from a base model 13" Intel MacBook Pro. Performance and all that will obviously be better, but I kinda want to see how it holds up comparatively since M2 had a rough start with the 13" MBP.
Well I got my Pro for reasons that ultimately fell through. So I got a higher end Mac for basic web browsing and music lol So I think “downgrading” will be a better choice this time around.
@@silverwolf6236 I respect that man. I thought I'd be doing a lot more video editing and yet I've done very little. I do more in Logic Pro X than anything else. I like what I see in the new MBAs though. Good luck on your quest sir.
I honestly do not like anything Apple does, but I'm half considering getting an M2 Air and running ASAHI Linux on it (avoids the *awful* non-standard keyboard layout and their walled garden)
kinda bugs me the comparison is being done of the m2 *on battery* vs. the m1 *on wall power*. It wouldn't surprise me if the difference of power caused differences in performance - unless you went in ahead of time and set the battery and plugged in profiles to be identical.
I actually disagree with the idea you should buy an upgraded M2 Air. At the price point they're selling the upgrades for, you should just take the extra step and buy the base M1 Pro MBP. The base model M1 Air is fine, and IMO even the $200 bump isn't really worth it on the M2 Air vs the M1 Air yet when you can frequently find M1 Airs for $800 or lower.
@@thecon_quererarbitraryname6286 there is no laptop in the market that comes close to the single-core performance-per-dollar of the M1/M2 Macs. it's by far the best option for a travel laptop unless you're dumping multiple thousands into a desktop replacement.
@@transientwaveform1475 Yes that might be true for the specific metric of single core performance but most modern applications are able to utilize multiple cores and processors like the ryzen 7 5700u or 5800h have better or comparable multi core scores than the m1 or m2 while being built into machines that cost 600 to 800$. They are comparatively inefficient but can virtualize x86 operating systems and execute x86 programs without compatibility/translation layers. There is also the option of potent graphic hardware that's completely lacking with apples SoC's (which only have their integrated gpu that's not very compatible with most games due to missing metal api support on these games)
The base model pricing scheme is so obviously a dishonest strategy to drive down the perceived actual price of the product. The base model sucks so bad it's not really valid and should honestly be considered a different product, so the upgraded one should be considered the "base model price."
The wedge design is so ugly. I don't know why every laptop manufacturer adopted it. A laptop looks better with even thickness throughout the chassis and also has more room for components.
I love my M2 and was so happy to see magsafe came back after having it on my first MacAir, then losing it on the M1. Can't imagine why they got rid of it on the M1 MacAir. Very glad it's back.
The pro exists for sustained workloads and also if you only have that laptop available for any PC gaiming (however limited that may be). So, yeah. There IS a market for it. But atm, the other M1 pro options are better, I believe.
lol Anthony's like "wait nobody at MAC Address opened this yet? It's been so long since I got a brand new Apple device in the actual shipping box..."
Will you ever be buying one Jeff? 🤨
@@h7hj59fh3f Jeff is the ansible GOAT
@@mattzfn I bought one, but BTO is shipping in August :( - it will be useful as an upgrade from my M1 Air since it has the ProRes decoder built into the M2 chip!
@@JeffGeerling then I'm expecting a video about it anytime soon! Take care until then.
Geerlingguy!
Anthony: brags about a body count
M2 MacBook Air: tries to take a thumb to avenge its fallen family.
This
😂😂😂😂😂
the title makes sense after seeing that ngl
You mean lay count
Oh
Anthony being allergic to grass really explains why he is so good with computers.
Lol
It is crazy how good-a-presenter Anthony is. I remember he was a bit nervous when he started but he is now one of my favourite presenters. Great work!
He's really one of the best writer/presenter because Anthony is just too knowledgeable about a lot of stuff. It's rare to see someone good at talking in front of a screen while being knowledgeable about the product itself. Even linus comes at second place when anthony is on screen.
@@fraserkerr4060he also doesn’t try to force comedy. Just a throws in a tiny snarky comment here and there or subtle little jab. I appreciate the guy
I only watch this channel for Anthony. I actually can’t stand any of the other presenters because of their forced attempts at humour and over the top presentation styles
he should really lose wait tho
I 👍 have to agree totally i am always engaged when watching his content !
With the slower ssd and everybody saying "better to buy the bigger capacity", i think apple done marketing well
I think even if people buy expensive laptop, they would rather choose at least 512 GB instead because 256 GB is not enough
256 is laughable, and should not be sold.
@@lateral1385 I’m not against 256 being sold for people who do cloud computing, however, it’s absolutely unacceptable that it’s so nerfed because the whole point for users should be that its easy to get things on and off the disk? Like… to the cloud or a server or a drive…
@@lateral1385 I’m a DevOps engineer working on a 256gb MacBook Pro. It’s plenty. Professional users don’t store hundreds of photos.
@@112Haribo thanks mate, i will buy 256 for my blender project.
9:27. I got the MacBook Air specifically because it doesn't have a fan. I'm frequently in dusty environments and the fanless design is a game changer. The thermal tape mod works well. I wish more computers were fanless
i got the m1 pro 14inch, and the fan almost never turns on honestly. So noise wise its almost the same. (unless you are doing something really heavy like video editing)
@@gbessone but the problem is dust like he says, dust cannot be avoided with fans, you have to clean then eventually and get inside your computer and reduce your computer's life span
@@gasparmxm In my case fans almost never turn on (i never do the kind of heavy editing that would require fans to turn on), so i don't see myself ever having to clean them. If i did, would be after 10 years and by then i'd have another computer.
@@gbessone fine dust floats around and deposits whether or not the fan runs. The fan running merely accelerates it 100x. Sealed still matters in environments with enough fine dust.
In dusty environments I would go for a toughbook.
Thanks for displaying the name of the products throughout the video. Helps specially when they look similar.
nice name
@@JettoDz how is it pronounced?
@@core36 I think you just say , might be wrong though
Strengthening Apple's argument against right to repair: you will just hurt yourself if you try to open it XD
WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN
I’d like to point out how easy it would have been for Apple to put those 4 screws underneath the feet, but they chose not to. It’s a start. Well done.
I find it kind of hilarious that we have to compliment that
Lol... the things we're grateful for.
Not even just apple, all of the laptop manufacturers are so bad about that on thin machines. Try tearing into an HP Spectre jfc
@@n.g.5234 its called positive reinforcement, but yes, low bars and all
i dont understand why apple can be so good at making good products but when it comes to repairability that do a hard no... dont they want to be known for making products that last?
For the UFO test, I’ve had some trouble with Safari and delivering proper frame rates. Both on external displays with higher refresh rates or the pro motion built-in screen, it was strange…
you have to enable high refresh rate (forgot exact name) in the developer settings
You have to use chrome
Well good thing nobody uses Safari.
@@flamingkillermc2806 You have to boot in Linux /s
@@stormevans6897 I gave it a try but i could only watch a single youtube vid on my work M1 before it restarted itself lol... id rather use edge
After Anythony injured his finger....Linus should have jumped in, "LTT gloves, coming soon to LTT store"
I read it Linus's voice
@@nishayandebnath 🤣
When you wake the M1 MacBook Pro from sleep, it sometimes will just have that stutter. Only way to get rid of it is to reboot. Pretty inconvenient, and it’s been a problem since it came out.
So, Apple has not achieved literal software perfection? I'm shhhhhhhhhh......ocked
M2 Pro only or any of the MacBook Pros?
@@guadalupe8589 For a company that once had an ego the size of a skyscraper that is pretty pathetic to be honest. Bugs like that are a little more than just "software perfection". At this point MacOS is worse than Windows and probably even more plagued than some Linux distributions..
LINUS: let this man do the MS-DOS PC video! Please... he needs it, and so do I =)
It needs to be a complete deep dive video too, at least 30mins.
just reviewing and ragging on old pc dos demo discs from PCGamer. :P
Even with just a Shortcircuit, you've already gone deeper into the SSD performance than all of these youtubers who think a peak sequential transfer is all. Throw some random 4K reads/writes in, hammer the IOPS, I hope to see more in depth testing on the full review than many of these less technical channels have done.
Why would you even bother testing SSD performance on a laptop like this?
@@evrythingis1 Because it sits in the price range of many high performance laptops. Laptops which people will actually care about the performance of.
Anthony has the ultimate countermeasure to the insult: "Go outside and touch some grass" because he's actually allergic to grass...
It’s interesting how Apple can make a confusing line-up (for me at least) with only 2 products. 😂
More than 1 product tends to confuse LTT EXCEPT when it’s a non-Apple product, for some reason being non-Apple tends to last longer for some as-yet-unidentified reason.
@@B.D.F. they always call out other brands for confusing naming schemes. You just hear it more often about apple products because they have a horrendous naming scheme and it’s fun to make fun of apple (I’m an apple fanboy btw)
Then once you get 16gb and the higher spec model, you're only $300 away from a base model 14 pro which has MANY compelling reasons...
@@joelv4495 Circular loop. Difficult to buy the MacBook you like without remorse.
@@cienciabit For sure. I had a 2013 M1 Pro that I bought knowing I wanted a bigger screen for dev work but the performance was just too good to pass up. When the MBP 14/16s came out, I immediately ordered a 16 Max, but it was too heavy for me... I finally found my goldilocks machine... 14 Pro with 32gb memory.
1:33 bro is literally incapable of touching grass, a true gamer
I'm not going to lie to anyone. I want to buy this just to have an excuse to buy the craigbook skin.
I'm right with ya bro
I want it for a Macbook Pro m2
If they release it this year
Only Apple can make their senior vice presidents celebrities.
I'll too have to admit that. Super guilty.
/s
Aaaayyyy. I love you Anthony. Tell Linus we want the MSDOS gaming PC. I’ve got too much old hardware with nowhere to put it.
11:44 enjoyed every moment of his pain 😀 narcissism punished just in time 👍
@@nneeerrrd you ok my guy? Need a hug or something?
$1699 for 16gb + 512 + 2 extra cores. At that point you might as well buy an M1 Pro 14" for $1799 when it's on sale, or $1850 w/ edu discount. I loved the M1 air, but $200 for each upgrade ontop of the increased base price, makes it hard to recommend outside the base 8/256 for general light activity.
I’ve just come to this same conclusion! 14” pro has a much better screen, much better speakers, supports multiple external displays etc
Picked up my used 14" for 1500!
Fully agreed! I loooove my 16“ M1 Pro!
You can get the 14" for $1749 refurbished. I agree that while the M2 can do a lot, it is not worth speccing up for performance
Depends on how much you value portability / style
10:07 Because Apple still enforces only one external display natively on the MacBook Air, even though it's more than capable of running two external displays since M1. That's why I have to use a Wavlink DisplayLink hub.
Imagine Craig Federighi posting a video about the Craigbook and ending every feature sentence by "How cool is that?". Yes, I'm sure you read this with Craig's voice. 😎
sometimes you bite the apple, sometimes the apple bites you
Good job Jake and dbrand. That was one of the few sponsor shots that interested me.
Watch the Manscaped ad by Dennis in Chanel Super Fun! It's one of their bests recently too
Common Craig W
Anthony: “I wonder if I’ll break it.” - **MacBook plays Uno reverse card**
9:22 I’ve been using the M1 Air all year and I’ve never managed to get it to a point where I’d like a fan. The silence is absolutely priceless.
I don’t do any intensive rendering though.
The 13 inch pro has almost always been the sacrificial Mac to bring up the sales of the air as they spec so similar and this year once again they did just that
Ya honestly I have no desire to buy the Pro anymore. If I need more power it is way more economical to just build a desktop, but if you are gonna have a laptop, better to have the best combo of portability and power, and that's definitely the air
@@theNimboo a desktop is not portable though and cannot run off battery so that’s an irrelevant comparison
Correction: The MBA M2 has 2 thunderbolt 3 ports just like the previous model
Yeah that's what I thought lol
Wait wait, it says thunderbolt/ usb4 ports. I think that's what he meant.
I fucking should know this, i ordered one 🤦🏾♂️
@@abhishekparmar6702 They are USB-C, that's for sure. Then, both are equipped with Thunderbolt technology for increased speed. For example, you there are non-Thunderbolt USB-C around.
@@gs7828 but if it’s thunderbolt 4 then it must be able to support 2 4K displays which I believe was what he wanted that the m2 air doesn’t support unfortunately
@@wocaomade They are NOT Thunderbolt 4.
Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:
Charging
DisplayPort
Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)
USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)
M1 / M2 can't support multiple external displays because the chips for displays are in the SoC and they are relatively big, so Apple is only including one.
1:33 Anthony finally answers the question we've all been wondering: Q: How is he so knowledgeable about tech? A: He actively avoids touching grass.
So Apple’s cheapest ‘new’ laptop is $1200. But you shouldn’t buy that. You should upgrade it to the $1500 one. And better yet $200 more for 16GB of memory.
And all that you needed was a light laptop for browsing and office work.
p.s. the $1500 one is €1870 in Europe. Because Apple tax.
Ah yes. Stupid prices in Europe. And the base model is 1500€? Instead of 1200€ that it should be (let’s say 1300€ because of VAT and transport). Retarded prices.
$1500 is without sales tax, which you always need to add for US prices unless you live kn a state without them like Delaware.
With current bad Euro conversion rates (1=1) and let’s say 19% sales tax in Germany, you are at 1785€. Same model is 1850€ in Germany.
So the Apple “tax“ in Europe is not as bad as you think it is, especially since e.g. in Germany there are also more bullshit taxes like GEMA which actually charge you for any sold phone, tablet and computer to accompany for “private copies of music“. I shit you not, this is an actual tax and costs you like 13,72€ for notebooks.
@@neappx Forgive me if this is ignorant, I'm not familiar with the tax systems in Europe. Also, I may not understand what you've said.
If the product is listed as 1850€ on the German website, would the 19% German sales tax not be applied to that amount making the final cost 2,201.50€? The US cost would be $1,594 (with avg US sales tax of 6.35%) vs $2,201( Germany with 1€=$1). Difference of $607 (32% more expensive). Or is the 1850€ on the website already including sales tax?
I'm not trying to be argumentative or call you out. I'm just confused on the differences in costs haha
@@yellowood252 Listed prices in Europe for consumers are pretty much always the final price, including taxes. So 1850€ listed means I pay 1850€.
@@neappx Ahh, I see. That makes much more sense then haha. I wish the US would do that with their products, it would be much more consumer friendly. When we buy gas, the price already includes all the taxes, but not with other products. Thanks!
the problem with buying a reasonable spec on this laptop is that the 16 GB + 512 GB storage option brings the total to $1499 which is just soooo close to the 14’’ MacBook Pro base model with the same specs which went for $1849 iirc on sale on Amazon. For only a couple hundred bucks more there are substantial upgrades over the m2 air. Maybe this was Apple’s pricing strategy to get people to buy the 14’’ mbp though
Those specs sound reasonable to us tech geeks but for the majority of people it's not necessary to have 16gb or an internal 512gb storage. A lot of people use airs to write notes at uni, stream video and music and keep their photos mostly on the cloud or an external. If you aren't one of those people and must have an apple laptop then the higher tier macbook pro that antony references makes sense. Because as you've pointed out extras are shit value on all apple products.
Classic apple way
Apple does something like this with the new ipad air as well
@@cody8860
16-512GB version of air is dangerously close to the pro irrespective of whether or not somebody will actually buy the 16-512GB version of air
Lol if 16gb is necessary to you then just buy the pro. 95% of the people buying the air do not need 16gb of RAM. The only upgrade that people might wanna do is upgrade to the 512gb ssd so you have 2 NAND chips. And where I live the price difference between the 14” pro and the M2 air with 512gb ssd is still €500
@@pyrocrewZuiden
16-512GB version of air is dangerously close to the pro irrespective of whether or not somebody will actually buy the 16-512GB version of air
Anthony's stage presence and comedic timing has improved so much since he started going solo. I'm so proud of muh boi. He's crushing it.
I almost feel like they're doing this on purpose. The M1 MBA was sufficient for a lot of professionals. It was almost too good, so they had to throttle it back to encourage people to spend more. Ultimately, I went with a 14" MBP M1 for $1616 at BB (Open-Box).
Seriously the M1 air was more powerful than their best intel macbook pros, which professionals had been using for ages. So ya most people don't need more
1:33 bro is literally allergic to grass dead 💀
I've been using my M1 Air daily for almost a year now. I personally love that it DOESN'T have a fan, because it keeps silent the 99% of the time the CPU isn't at full speed. I'm not afraid to keep the computer at weird angles or on bad surfaces because it's completely solid.
@Garrus Vakarian even with the option to run the laptop in passive mode, when it heats up the fan starts to spin anyway...
MBP M1 has only once spinned up the fan, when I was playing stellaris :D
Also doesn’t suck up dust etc over time!
I agree, it was a big selling point for me. And really makes complete sense considering almost all smartphones and tablets don't have fans and have plenty of power. GG Apple!
@@Fasneocroth so apple turned their laptops into smartphones? so when a new update pops up i would expect my laptop to run slow?
4:26 "Pro's display is sRGB whereas this one is DCI-P3"
The 2022 M2 MacBook Pros do have P3 colour. MacBook Pros have had P3 since the 2016 models. Anthony might have mixed it up with older MacBook Airs which didn't get P3 support until the M1 models.
Anthony is as always fun to watch and informative
11:44 my face after taking a leak with a day's worth of piss
The extra room accorded by a 512GB SSD that costs Apple $50 max, while they upcharge you $200 for it. Apple is the king of "suck it up and pay us more".
Price is never dictated by cost. It's dictated by demand. If people were willing to pay $500 for it, that's what it would cost.
Yeah but apple fansimps love it .it's like paying apple for it's onlyfans
@@tails618 it's called simping
yep, that's why I say it's base models or bust with apple, and the m2 air is a bust in the base model so I'd rather get an m1 air, m1 pro, or wait for a new one. It doesn't help that it doesn't have any real cooling either, that's why it will get over 100 degrees while doing anything with the performance cores
@@girlsdrinkfeck Hope you didn’t buy whatever device you used to type that comment on, because you’re just simping for those companies.
It’s about time! How else was I suppose to form my opinion without you guys
7:20
"This is the elephant in the room"
No offense Anthony, but the timing is just funny.
What timing, this was a year ago ? Lol
Nothing better than an Anthony video after a difficult day
He is like a big kid.
9:20 I love that my MacBook Air does not have a fan. Happy to trade a little bit of performance for a silent machine.
Apple's long standing rivalry with oranges finally resolved.
Interesting. I saw some videos where the 10 core gpu actually gets worse performance than the 8 due to throttling. Did you do any checks on that?
1:32 are you saying you literally cannot touch grass?
Staying awake using Benadryl is one thing, staying awake AND hosting a video is impressive
I was planning on getting a new air in january 22, to replace my 2013 one, and I am so glad I waited mainly for the MagSafe and the new color
@madan pal the 256k and 4K random reads and writes are about the same if not faster in the m2 air so for most users they will never notice the performance difference or have a better experience even on the 256gb air. Also, hardly any users spring for a TB3 nvme pcie SSD external drive. They are either using an HDD or at best a USB3.1 Gen 2 SSD that maxes out around 1GBps. So they will never have an occasion to utilize this speeds pretty much. File copies to the same drive are instantaneous now with the APFS filesystem.
I was like, "What do you mean the Pro doesn't have MagSafe. I specifically waited to get that."
Then, "Oh, that 13" M2 Pro thing."
I waited for the M2 to release, got a great deal on the last bit of remaining M1 air base model stock and bought it
4:05 Isn’t that a 2020 MacBook Pro with the what would have been volume controls replaced with a screen on the keyboard?
Thanks Anthony, I really appreciate your advice. I got the 512gb M1 air a little over a year ago with the intention of using that while I waited for the M1 Pro to come out. I ended up skipping the M1 pro because my M1 air was more capable than I expected it to be, and I loved the light weight as someone with back issues. At this point I'll probably just sell it and get a M2 air instead, the higher end one like you recommended. Thanks so much for your advice pal
why not keep your M1 air? the M2 air has a big price hike for not much of a difference
Just keep your M1 air dude
@@ThunderDraws Unfortunately I only got 8gb of ram, which definitely bothers me. I originally tried to order the 16gb, 512gb version, but they said it would take a week to arrive. So I saw I could get the 8gb, 512gb same day and I went for it cause in my mind it was only going to be temporary anyway so what the hell. I wish I had considered that I might actually want to keep the M1 air, in that case I would have definitely been willing to wait the extra week for 16gb of ram. So now I'm not sure what to do lol. but I know I wish I had 16gb of ram.
@@2intheampm512 See my reply to Thunder Draws. What do you think I should do? In most cases I don't mind only having 8gb of ram, but in others it has definitely hurt having so little :c
I was investigating our web app performance issues in Safari recently (actually, some Safari dev tools are better than Chrome ones)
And stumbled upon the following thing, I will cite...
By default, macOS Monterey enables “Low power mode” on Battery power and disables it when using a Power Adapter. Safari, it seems, is programmed to interpret this setting to mean that it should reduce the number of times it paints to the screen to prolong battery life.
I really want an Air. But 16GB of RAM like you say is essential - immediately that with the not-slow SSD is the same price as the equivalent M2 Pro... and that has a fan so you'll get better performance. It's annoying because it's basically the only 2 things I care about - 16GB of RAM and a super fast SSD. I'd otherwise be happy with the slower or less well-cooled CPU.
Suddenly we're talking about a 1700 GBP laptop.
Unless you are doing specific things, you will never notice that SSD speed difference. Copying large files every day? Sure, maybe. The most important figures are the random reads/writes.
@@LeftJoystick copying *where* is my question. If you're using any kind of network or USB 3.0, you're likely limited by that.
@@andreewert6576 True. It’s really not a huge deal. Basically, if you’re copying a bunch of vids from one folder to another, that’s where you’ll see a speed difference. Everything else: external storage will be your bottleneck.
I’ve got a stupid fast PCIE nvme drive in my desktop (PC). 7gigs per second or something? Literally cannot tell it’s that fast lol. I’d still be fine with my old 1.5gig/second Intel drive.
@@LeftJoystick so many people fall for this. My boot drive is a PCIe3 1TB Samsung 970. There are folks who would call sub 3GB/s performance "too slow" today. Meanwhile, i've pondered going for SATA-M.2s as boot disks for friend's builds, because windows, browers, programs and many games just feel the same with 500MB/s as they do with 5000. Not saying i wouldn't buy NVMEs, it just use them for stuff that actually profits.
@@andreewert6576 Yep for sure. I’ve thrown SATA SSDs in friend’s builds (Samsung EVO models). They work great. No complaints about them being “slow”. Even DRAM Cache is a mostly unnecessary feature **unless you’re using the drive as a system/OS drive**. For a non-power user/someone who doesn’t copy loads of videos/photos, DRAM cache on a secondary drive is pretty much inconsequential. I’m 99% sure my 2TB secondary Nvme drive doesn’t have a DRAM cache. Just use it for games - works fine. Really only matters in a ‘high write’ environment.
The timeline needs a split at 7:25 transitioning from "webcam review" into "SSD testing"
I can't belive I literally enjoyed watching d'brand's comercial 😂 That skin is such a smart move and also looks cool and fun 😍
2:04 these MacBooks do not have thunderbolt 4 ports cause intel did not release support documents or sth like that for any other platform yet (yes, I think apple too even though they are working with intel to develop the thunderbolt port and its protocol). so you will not see thunderbolt 4 on any other platform other than intel's platform. It is also why Apple is calling the port on their macs "Thunderbolt3/USB4" even though USB 4 is almost Thunderbolt 4 already.
Great video, big Anthony fan here. When you were talking about the SSD speeds and the toll that stuff like Final Cut will take on it - I hear you, BUT if I'm doing enough video editing where that would matter, I'm not buying a MacBook Air to do it. In that scenario, I would be getting a 14" Pro.
Why? 512gb+ SSD, CPU, and GPU are all the same. It’s not going to make a difference until the M2 pro comes out.
Edit: I suppose if you need the fan that makes sense but I doubt the Air thermal throttles much.
Yeah people are complaining about the speeds but who will buy an air with no fan to use as their machine to make money ??
@@koalaunknown not the same. M1 pro has 512GB with faster write/read speeds than the Air (don’t know why). Also, base model has 16GB RAM. Like MKBHD said: the M1 Pro runs circles around the M2 Air
fair, the m1 pro is hands down a better product to buy for creative use, *however* the fact that the current controversy is measuring the speed in stuff like rendering final cut projects is amazing. like, it's a MacBook air, the fact it can run final cut renders faster than most last gen MacBook pros is insane. I wish they would disclose the SSD speed thing, but this is a thin and light entry level mac, and it's plenty capable for creative work as long as it's not more than 50% of your use case
I think if anyone is doing any heavy work go for the 14 mbp. The air isn’t really meant to be your main machine especially without a fan.
11:40 can we say that is a cutting edge tech?
i did get that weird stutter on my m1 air too, googled it and found other people with the same issue happening occasionally, no solution other than rebooting and hope it doesn't come back, only happened to me once so far, apple, as always, says nothing
EDIT: i noticed it when moving the cursor and it was leaving a huge trail behind
Sounds like a glitch in the (matrix) Graphics Cores. Probably be fixed in future graphics drivers. Similar nonsense can happen with NVidia and AMD drivers. As long as it's not happening with any regularity, it's probably not an issue.
@@thewiirocks Yeah but Apple's selling point is "it just works". This is how they justify the premium prices.
@@MrAkaacer For the most part Apple devices do "Just Work". But if you think I've never had to reboot my phone or Mac due to some sort of glitch, I've got a bridge to sell you. These devices are way too complicated to expect zero issues.
With that said, I was a bit peeved the other day when I had to reboot my Windows 10 machine to successfully reconnect to the corporate WIFI after it was power cycled, while my Mac colleague happily reconnected no issues. You definitely see the differences on a daily basis.
I had a weird glitch on my iphone the top part of the phone got blurred i got scared but when i restarted the phone it went back to the normal
@@thewiirocks I've seen mac with wifi connection issues. I've seen win10 and linux machines with wifi connection issues. My current PC (and the 6 I run for my nephews and nieces) have no wifi connection issues and neither does my current laptop. My pc Windows htpc has wifi connection issues. Windows and Linux support a wider range of hardware, so occasionally there are glitches. What's Apple's excuse? As a PC user who also supports the occasional mac from family and friends, I don't see a difference in number of issues, except when its a mac issue, it can be a lot harder to resolve at times.
Lol poor Anthony has taken on all of LTT’s Apple hatred so much it’s ingrained in his normal laid back reviewing style which has always been the best.
I've never watched this guy's videos before, but he's great! Super funny and informative. Thank you.
i have the 2020 13" MacBook Pro M1 and it changes to30hz or somehting pretty often which is rather annoying because you can see it very visibly...
it changes back sooner or later but i hate that you dont have a setting where you can control or at least monitor the fps
This man is a God!! He needs his own channel. ALL HAIL ANTHONY #AnthonysTechTips
Anthony’s journey from being awkward on camera to super comfortable is inspirational
Always fire reviews... not always an injury included!
Pretty sure it has Thunderbolt 3 ports not Thunderbolt 4. The M1 /M2 Airs have Thunderbolt / USB4 ports as listed on Apples site. As opposed to Thunderbolt 4 (USBC) for the Studio and MacBook Pro’s.
Love Anthony, legit nerd energy. We use one of these m2 airs to render 8k video and it absolutely rips!
9:20 I think if I had to get a new laptop I'd go with an air and part of the reason is it not having a fan, so there's no ducts I can clog up over the years of using it on a bed. I'd figure out beforehand if using my desktop pc remotely is something that works, and if it does I can just offload any actual workloads to my desktop, so my laptop would only really be used for office, excel and netflix. I don't have a tv, so my laptop is my main way of consuming content.
11:35 And that's why only certified professionals should be allowed to open an Apple device /s
Because apple literally designed them bad to the point where even a seasoned tech professional can't open the damn thing without hurting himself... Most conventional laptops even use standard phillips screws...
Yeah, they broke it so they could fix it
i don't think so.. better deburring they should do!
@@kurtthealien585 dude they made the thing sharp, its not that complicated, it shouldn't be sharp and i bet you apple employes sliced thier finger on that thing too... its dumb to say people shouldnt fix thier own stuff because apple made that plate sharp(prob didnt meen to)
More like 11:45
the best review for m2 macbook air. Thanks Anthony.
Fun Game: Do a shot of liquid Benadryl each time Anthony says, "Benadryl."
You ever seen Apple take a bite out of you? I am so sorry Anthony. I hope you’re OK!
The bite in the Apple logo could have been a warning 😂
After multiple cinebench runs, the M2 AIR falls back to around 75% of the initial performance, so it slows down a lot. For longer heavy workloads the m2 pro definitely has an edge over it with the fan.
But without the fan it’s completely silent and a lot more durable. I’m torn over this. I’d love a sealed device that doesn’t suck up dust and slow down over time. I’d also love a completely silent device, but it’s all about whether I’d ever be running at 100% CPU for minutes or hours on end…
@@JakeM218 Well I don‘t do any heavy tasks on my macbook air m1 apart from occasionally editing hevc videos and I‘m fine with waiting a few minutes longer for it to render. For any serious tasks I personally prefer using a desktop PC anyway because you can also use it for gaming, if you‘re into that…
How long until Anthony's face at 11:45 becomes a meme?
Ikr. 11:44 enjoyed every moment of his pain 😀 narcissism punished just in time 👍
Dude, it looked like he was having an orgasm😂
When I was looking for a MacBook with M2 I was torn between the Pro and the Air, inevitably I went with the Pro as I needed a little more cooling than I would get with the Air. The additional fact that there was the issue with the SSD's that are being presented, it made me go the direction of the Pro. I love the form factor of the Air over the Pro but aesthetics isn't the only thing that got me there. Hope they go this direction with the future updates for all the designs but don't hate what I have.
Thanks for the review and for sacrificing your thumb! \m/😄
Might be a stupid question, but does the Dbrand skin effects throttling? Make the laptop warmer inside for not dissipating the heat?
At the current pricing you should definitely just get the MacBook Pro 14. Really expensive for the air with similar specs now
Anthony's reactions while under Benadryl is such a mood for me.
11:38
Apple: That's our cutting edge technology, that and being able to provide additional 256gb storage for 200$
"what was I saying? uhh Benadryl" 😂
Anthony is an international treasure. We must protect him at all costs.
Is anyone after him? 👀
12:04 I thought Anthony was about to do a Peter Griffin impersonation.
Keeping my M1 MBA 1TB/16. It’s the best tech product I’ve ever purchased. Top 3 for sure.
@ShortCircuit I don´t know much about Apple stuff but could the read and write SSD test be false because of the not plugged MacSafe by 8:20? please check this for us thx
I actually can't wait for the LTT/Mac Address video on this laptop since I'm considering upgrading from a base model 13" Intel MacBook Pro. Performance and all that will obviously be better, but I kinda want to see how it holds up comparatively since M2 had a rough start with the 13" MBP.
I'm in the same boat as you. I started with an MBA went pro and now want to go back to the air.
Well I got my Pro for reasons that ultimately fell through. So I got a higher end Mac for basic web browsing and music lol
So I think “downgrading” will be a better choice this time around.
@@silverwolf6236 I respect that man. I thought I'd be doing a lot more video editing and yet I've done very little. I do more in Logic Pro X than anything else. I like what I see in the new MBAs though. Good luck on your quest sir.
And good luck to you, hopefully this time we both won't have to think of buying another Mac for quite a while lol
@@silverwolf6236 haha. No kidding.
2:56 what is that tune? I really like it
I honestly do not like anything Apple does, but I'm half considering getting an M2 Air and running ASAHI Linux on it (avoids the *awful* non-standard keyboard layout and their walled garden)
kinda bugs me the comparison is being done of the m2 *on battery* vs. the m1 *on wall power*. It wouldn't surprise me if the difference of power caused differences in performance - unless you went in ahead of time and set the battery and plugged in profiles to be identical.
Unless Anthony had low power mode on (turned off by default), unplugged and plugged shouldn’t matter
I actually disagree with the idea you should buy an upgraded M2 Air. At the price point they're selling the upgrades for, you should just take the extra step and buy the base M1 Pro MBP. The base model M1 Air is fine, and IMO even the $200 bump isn't really worth it on the M2 Air vs the M1 Air yet when you can frequently find M1 Airs for $800 or lower.
^ Bump
10 Core GPU is a really bad choice on this thing. It will throttle pretty quickly.
Just take all this money and get any other much better speced & performing laptop for it. (if you don't like windows install any linux distribution)
@@thecon_quererarbitraryname6286 there is no laptop in the market that comes close to the single-core performance-per-dollar of the M1/M2 Macs. it's by far the best option for a travel laptop unless you're dumping multiple thousands into a desktop replacement.
@@transientwaveform1475 Yes that might be true for the specific metric of single core performance but most modern applications are able to utilize multiple cores and processors like the ryzen 7 5700u or 5800h have better or comparable multi core scores than the m1 or m2 while being built into machines that cost 600 to 800$. They are comparatively inefficient but can virtualize x86 operating systems and execute x86 programs without compatibility/translation layers. There is also the option of potent graphic hardware that's completely lacking with apples SoC's (which only have their integrated gpu that's not very compatible with most games due to missing metal api support on these games)
11:40 literally did the same exact thing doing a MacBook repair yesterday. So painful 😣
I'm a simple man. I see Anthony, I click.
11:44 enjoyed every moment of his pain 😀 narcissism punished just in time 👍
The M2 is sooo fast it blew his hairline away 😂😂😂
The base model pricing scheme is so obviously a dishonest strategy to drive down the perceived actual price of the product. The base model sucks so bad it's not really valid and should honestly be considered a different product, so the upgraded one should be considered the "base model price."
What on earth are you talking about? Don’t believe the YT’ers enticing views. That baseline machine would be fine for 90% of the end user base.
Dbrand is absolutely bonkers, and hilarious. I actually enjoy reading the add mails they send.
The wedge design is so ugly. I don't know why every laptop manufacturer adopted it. A laptop looks better with even thickness throughout the chassis and also has more room for components.
I love my M2 and was so happy to see magsafe came back after having it on my first MacAir, then losing it on the M1. Can't imagine why they got rid of it on the M1 MacAir. Very glad it's back.
The pro exists for sustained workloads and also if you only have that laptop available for any PC gaiming (however limited that may be).
So, yeah. There IS a market for it. But atm, the other M1 pro options are better, I believe.
2:58 i have never been able to relate to anything more than the editor taking his frustration out on "2022 M1 Pro Macbook Pro Max Pro 14" Pro Pro" 😂