Hi bro, Someone commenting on our comments impersonating you. Care, tho they might be false. Innocent ppl can fall prey, may be can announce it off. So no one click their links.
This type of daily routine work review is really splendid! That's what potential buyers really need. Not just remain on the surface of device's specifications like some other youtubers did.
Excellent overview. This is pretty much some of the same conclusions that I came to as well. Lot’s of bells and whistles on the M2, and your breakdown is awesome. Looking forward to more vids from you.
Seriously hats off to the editing and in-depth analysis of programming part. From a computer science perspective, love coding albeit i can't afford macbook air M1 in 2022 loved and inspired by your work. Much love and greetings back from India 😍🙏🏻
Man, this was priceless! I love how deep you took this one. Can’t wait to see your take on how it stacks up vs the m1 14 inch mbp. Thank you for all you do
Bro, I love your channel! Thanks for sharing! I just purchased a new M2 MacBook Air about a month ago and I was scared I made the wrong choice, but your videos have shown the potential this machine has
This is the laptop I'm planning on getting for spring semester, to get me used to another OS and have a designated school/work laptop so I don't start stressing when using my gaming laptop for relaxing. Knowing the small SSD amount becomes a problem from many reviews, it enforces my plan to get much more storage space and also more RAM. From the sound of this review and others, it sounds like it'll be the best laptop for my current goals. Great content like always!
I know what you feel, I also can't chill and work on the same machine, that's why I bought this laptop. I want it for my CS college or work, and my PC to just chill and play some games without stress!
If you’re gonna upgrade both RAM and storage you should look into the base 14” M2 MacBook Pro as well, as you’ll be nearing that price. I ended up getting a MacBook Air M2 with 16GB/256GB bc I already have a PC and I’ll only use the laptop for studying (Computer Science) purposes so I don’t need a lot of storage
And also bc Apple storage upgrades are such a scam - you can buy a tiny external 1TB NVMe for a quarter of the price. But if you truly need that much storage for work, I could see it getting annoying to lug around with you
@@essayedgar I already bought the M2 Air, 16GB RAM, upgraded to 1TB of storage. Same for going to school for Comp Science, and I also have a Windows gaming laptop already too. I'm also using the Mac to use as a secondary backup for any of my important stuff, since I take both my Windows laptop and my Mac everywhere with me. I was able to turn the Mac into a dedicated school/work computer, so I can do any networking or programming stuff in my free time without having to worry about needing an external SSD. And the reason I didn't get the 14 inch Mac is because the price was higher than I was wanting to pay at base level, whereas the Air upgraded was cheaper
@@ezioahmet4192 Ah I see. Hope you enjoy your laptop, sounds like it works well for you! I also have a decent spare Windows laptop and a beefy Windows PC to Remote Desktop into if need be. That coupled with the fact that you can use software like Parallels to run Windows 11 ARM means the MacBook Air is a really good choice for us CS students :)
I appreciate the nuanced take here. Now that university subreddits are filled with "what laptop for computer science?" type questions again, this really goes to show that the right tool for the job heavily depends on what kind of coding you're doing, ranging from being totally cool with a 10 year old MacBook Pro for your first few C/C++/Java/Python kind of courses, to needing a beefy Nvidia GPU with Cuda cores to train ML models, or anything in between. Though, I can't help but shake the feeling that if you aren't super sure about how your needs may evolve, the base 14" could be the safer bet...?
Thank so much! You've solved my doubts about how capable the MBA base model is for programming. BTW, great cinematic and colours, keep doing that work ;)
it's funny how there are like a dozen of comments asking about vs code color theme with no answer still xD would be nice to actually discover the answer. seems like an honest review, appreciate it
I need to replace my old MacBook Air and I didn’t feel like getting a pro. It’s nice that you managed to get some work done with a 8gb, I can’t afford both 16gb and the ssd upgrade soo I guess I’ll go for the ssd upgrade since my old air was the worst for that. Thanks so much for the very detailed review!
For coding, my recommendation is to get the 16GB RAM (as minimum) version of the Macbook. 8 GB is not enough. It doesn't matter if the laptop has te new integrated MX Chip
@@fledora1217 I think unless you're not gonna be using couple of VM running at the same time, running some anroid and ios simulator at the same time for dev, or for example edting some 4K raw fottage 24 GB might be overkill even. but if you think your gonna need it then go for it
its been quite some time since I've started developing mobile applications using react native (expo) and flutter. React native (expo) is a clear winner when it comes to resource consumption. Flutter is so resource heavy and requires both cooling and resources (RAM & CPU). Its important to note that this doesn't mean that react native is better. heavy development process doesn't mean bad results, as a matter of fact. flutter performs better in many sides.
Thank you so much for the video man, as a flutter dev, I was confused to go ahead with MBA 13 m2 (16/512 with new design) or MBP 13 m2 (16/512 with old design). Now I have very much clarity and I will buy the macbook pro 13 inch to run my emulators very smoothly without burning my thighs😂. Thanks alot.❤
I wish I'd seen this a few months back, it would’ve really helped me understand how the MacBook Air M2 performs in real-world use. I ended up getting the base model mainly for mobile and web app testing, and my biggest factor was the price. I knew beforehand that the base model has some limitations, but I was okay with that.
Loving the real life reviews for the latest Macbook Air. Having feedback from a programmer after a time gap of coding really helped me consider the M2 Air over the Pro. Since no one seems to talk about how heavy the Latest 14" Macbook Pro's are, obviously the specs are great - but its a pain as a programmer to lug around imo. As a Web full stack developer, probably will go for a 16/24GB Air over the MBP
As a react native developer, this is the review I needed. I think the react native performance on this laptop is likely to be very similar to flutter. Thanks!!
Yes. I got 16gb RAM and regret not getting 32. Otherwise, I am VERY glad I upgraded to this machine. It's 10x faster on my workload as compared to my fully upgraded 2019 16" intel macbook pro. @@K.Huynh.
I was just considering buying a macbook air m2 for development, but after watching this video I'm not so sure anymore. Thank you so much, it's just a video like this that I needed
For international student, the coding dojo prices are super expensive and their flexible option only allow to pay in 2 installments which is still 8k usd ^^. -Coming from Asia, though it is does hold good value, we dont have the money haha. Hope the bootcamps do something about pricing for international students. Besides, that I love your videos Andres, I want to learn how to make those cinematic blocks. Do you have course on skill share or something? or where did you learn to do the camera work?
Impressive work That’s incredible how a person paired with a computer can make such illustrations. Thank you for sharing your video The APPLE Products Look Beautiful
In my experience, it was really easy to get Flutter running on my M1 Pro MBP recently for work. I know just saying that isn't helpful. But I promise you it's possible to do it easily. I'm not sure what issues you ran into specifically. And it works great! Even on Android emulators too!
I'm switching to Macbook Air M2 16GB after having a Macbook Pro M1 8GB. I also do Flutter and my laptop usually struggles with both Android Studio and Xcode running. I think the tradeoff of having Air with 16GB is better than having Pro with 8GB imo
@@JammyL I think so. I got a 500gb external SSD and put all my projects there to free up some space. Tho it might be best to get the 512gb because Xcode caches usually takes a lot of space
That’s Apple’s marketing, you know? Better stuff just to pay a little bit more again. The M1 Pro is way better in my opinion, 120hz, better speakers, Non-Fingerprint Machine, faster ssd and great for video editing.
I used MBP 2015 15inc for many years as a developer it's still running well. I don't need to replace a new one. But anyway thank you for your review. It's very details 👍
Thanks for this developer focussed review. My takeaway is... if you're going to go for the M2 Air and plan to do mobile development, get no less than 16 mb. Seems like you'd experience way less swap and would have a smoother overall experience. I was also fairly surprised by how poor the battery life is. 30% after 3 hours of flutter development isn't what I would call good. Tough call whether to get this with 16 gb or just pony up for the 14" Macbook pro... Obviously MBP will be better but, how much better, and will the fan become annoying?
that battery life performance was just when running flutter tho, overall the issues with flutter that he talked about seems to be a software issue with flutter itself and some issues with how it runs on apple silicon in general. my M2 MBAs battery is a huge step up over the m1 MBA battery which is weird because most TH-camrs rlly never spent a lot of time talking about battery life improvements maybe because battery life tends to vary from user to user when it comes to MacBooks compared to iPhones.
@@alexh2665 which M2 MBA versions do you have? I’ve been thinking about getting the base one, however, the SSD being slower makes question if it would be good getting the M1 instead.
@@JPGENARI I use the base model and that’s also my point the SSD thing is way overblown, my M2 air is faster than my M1 air and my workflow has gotten more intensive since then
@@alexh2665 that’s good to know. I currently have a 2017 MacBook Pro entry level (i5 dual core, 8gb ram 128gb) which has turned up into a pain when I started studying code. I’ve decided to get a new one and based on my budged I am stuck between M1 and M2 - I can get both for the same price with a M2 refurbished considering base models. I will be doing (for now) mostly web development (so multiple tabs), JavaScript, Python etc. The fuzz around slower SSD is driving me nuts - upgrading the M2 to 512gb or the M1 to 16gb starts to bring the price closer to a 14 Pro.
@@alexh2665 Hi, I understand you've had both the macbook air m1 and m2 in use. I'm just having trouble choosing a macbook right now, between the m1 with 16/256 gb, and the m2 8/256 gb, as they are about the same price range. I plan on using it to teach web development in college, like js, react, node.js, python, django. Can you give me a hint from personal experience? 🙏
Awesome video! Subbed and Liked, good stuff. I do a lot of fullstack development so I'm jumping around between angular, C#, sql and thus ended up buying a surface laptop 5 because my work issued MacBook pro 13.4" from 2022 was a bit uncomfortable for windows development even with visual studio on mac - just wasn't feeling it... But I'm the undecisive type and I'm having seconds thoughts lol may drive up to bbuy to test out MacBook air 15....
Great review! I am considering the 8gb M2 air for development. battery life and portability are the main selling points. I have a maxed out super micro server with dual Tesla GPUs for all of my heavy lifting and gaming. I cannot see myself ever pushing the lower end model to it's limits with this setup. The M2 is basically just a smart terminal at this point :D
@@nymtes do whatever you want, I'm currently using 8gb of ram as a cs student, and there's times when I need more. Don't take things so personally, it's just internet advice.
Thanks a lot for sharing your dev experience with M2 Air. too bad Flutter is still not that great on Apple silicon. I am more convinced now that M1 Pro or the upcoming M2 Pro is a better machine for my dev and ML workflow.
with your proficiency at describing, i can see you creating a new channel to teach people in other domains(Machine learning, Coding). It would be nice to have your perspective on that.
Hey man 👋. Excellent review. Better than those benchmarks. I am a iOS developer myself want to purchase a laptop, a little tight on budget, can you recommend me what should i go for?
m2 with 16GB | 256ROM + External SSD (Students ID) Around 1Lakh Worth It❤ I'm gonna buy this:) SERIOUSLY AFTER SPENDING 48hrs` continuous Research I'm giving suggestion！ Better then buying Windows for at least 6-8years❤
Great one! Do you miss the MacBook Pro Touch bar? How's the M2 Air today, still using it? You do pure coding or use some photo and video editor app's as well? I'm looking forward for M3. I do coding as well + little photo and video side. I'm wondering about the heat, since there is no fan inside. Is it something to "worry about" in long term? I believe M3 handles it even better. Currently thinking.. should I Go M3 Air or Pro. As well depends how many ports they give. (At the moment I have MacBook Pro 2018 i5 8gb Touch - can do all things needed, working good - I'm wearing off the command button myself)
This kind of real life review is so much better than a review that running a bunch of benchmarks. Great job.
Thanks a lot Matt I appreciate it ! Took a lot of time to make but worth it for you guys!
Hi bro, Someone commenting on our comments impersonating you. Care, tho they might be false. Innocent ppl can fall prey, may be can announce it off. So no one click their links.
i was about to buy m2 air base model. Now im shifting to 14inch pro. im RN Dev
and the ones that run a bunch of video editing tests.
couldn't agree more 👍🏻
This type of daily routine work review is really splendid! That's what potential buyers really need. Not just remain on the surface of device's specifications like some other youtubers did.
Excellent overview. This is pretty much some of the same conclusions that I came to as well. Lot’s of bells and whistles on the M2, and your breakdown is awesome. Looking forward to more vids from you.
Hi, thank you for your work, too. For those not in the know, this guy produce some awesome apple hardware review!
Alex you are the best
@@jorschachblatant1934 ty!
@@Moe32244 appreciate that. I have a lot to learn, and come to Andres here to see his incredibly beautifully shot reviews.
@@AZisk I'm literally watching one of your videos and got a notification of your reply!
Seriously hats off to the editing and in-depth analysis of programming part. From a computer science perspective, love coding albeit i can't afford macbook air M1 in 2022 loved and inspired by your work. Much love and greetings back from India 😍🙏🏻
Finally someone who’s not lying about “it barely gets warm, it stays super cool even when blender cycles rendering”. Thank you!
Man, this was priceless! I love how deep you took this one. Can’t wait to see your take on how it stacks up vs the m1 14 inch mbp. Thank you for all you do
Bro, I love your channel! Thanks for sharing! I just purchased a new M2 MacBook Air about a month ago and I was scared I made the wrong choice, but your videos have shown the potential this machine has
how are the thermals? are they always high? like 60+ degrees celcius
This is the laptop I'm planning on getting for spring semester, to get me used to another OS and have a designated school/work laptop so I don't start stressing when using my gaming laptop for relaxing. Knowing the small SSD amount becomes a problem from many reviews, it enforces my plan to get much more storage space and also more RAM. From the sound of this review and others, it sounds like it'll be the best laptop for my current goals. Great content like always!
I know what you feel, I also can't chill and work on the same machine, that's why I bought this laptop. I want it for my CS college or work, and my PC to just chill and play some games without stress!
If you’re gonna upgrade both RAM and storage you should look into the base 14” M2 MacBook Pro as well, as you’ll be nearing that price. I ended up getting a MacBook Air M2 with 16GB/256GB bc I already have a PC and I’ll only use the laptop for studying (Computer Science) purposes so I don’t need a lot of storage
And also bc Apple storage upgrades are such a scam - you can buy a tiny external 1TB NVMe for a quarter of the price. But if you truly need that much storage for work, I could see it getting annoying to lug around with you
@@essayedgar I already bought the M2 Air, 16GB RAM, upgraded to 1TB of storage. Same for going to school for Comp Science, and I also have a Windows gaming laptop already too. I'm also using the Mac to use as a secondary backup for any of my important stuff, since I take both my Windows laptop and my Mac everywhere with me. I was able to turn the Mac into a dedicated school/work computer, so I can do any networking or programming stuff in my free time without having to worry about needing an external SSD. And the reason I didn't get the 14 inch Mac is because the price was higher than I was wanting to pay at base level, whereas the Air upgraded was cheaper
@@ezioahmet4192 Ah I see. Hope you enjoy your laptop, sounds like it works well for you! I also have a decent spare Windows laptop and a beefy Windows PC to Remote Desktop into if need be. That coupled with the fact that you can use software like Parallels to run Windows 11 ARM means the MacBook Air is a really good choice for us CS students :)
I appreciate the nuanced take here. Now that university subreddits are filled with "what laptop for computer science?" type questions again, this really goes to show that the right tool for the job heavily depends on what kind of coding you're doing, ranging from being totally cool with a 10 year old MacBook Pro for your first few C/C++/Java/Python kind of courses, to needing a beefy Nvidia GPU with Cuda cores to train ML models, or anything in between. Though, I can't help but shake the feeling that if you aren't super sure about how your needs may evolve, the base 14" could be the safer bet...?
Gotta thanks Coding Dojo for funding my Andres addiction
FR!!
Love the camera work, editing, and dialog. Keep up the killer work Andres.
Thank so much! You've solved my doubts about how capable the MBA base model is for programming. BTW, great cinematic and colours, keep doing that work ;)
This is exactly why I come back to this channel everytime.
your editing and camara work are amazing keep up the great work
Andres: *Complaining about almost unnoticeable lag of the new SSD on an M2 Macbook*
Me: *quietly coding on my 4GB RAM Intel Celeron laptop*
1:18 Daaaang You built yourself quite the collection here 😳
Lit content bro!
Naaaa bruv i aint fallin for that
it's funny how there are like a dozen of comments asking about vs code color theme with no answer still xD would be nice to actually discover the answer. seems like an honest review, appreciate it
Idk why he dont say, i've been trying to find everywhere, i've tried do Dm him on IG, google-it, scroll his instagram page, but no answer whatsoever
I need to replace my old MacBook Air and I didn’t feel like getting a pro. It’s nice that you managed to get some work done with a 8gb, I can’t afford both 16gb and the ssd upgrade soo I guess I’ll go for the ssd upgrade since my old air was the worst for that. Thanks so much for the very detailed review!
Did you end up getting the SSD upgrade?
excellent review, this is what we need when we want to use m2 air as a daily working tool as a developer.
For coding, my recommendation is to get the 16GB RAM (as minimum) version of the Macbook. 8 GB is not enough. It doesn't matter if the laptop has te new integrated MX Chip
I think for web development and some light mobile dev 8 GB is definetly enough
@@patrickkulpa6247 What about 24gb?
I want to study both CS and Med, but not sure which one.
So isn’t 24gb kinda overkill?
@@fledora1217 I think unless you're not gonna be using couple of VM running at the same time, running some anroid and ios simulator at the same time for dev, or for example edting some 4K raw fottage 24 GB might be overkill even. but if you think your gonna need it then go for it
@@patrickkulpa6247 I think this the one I’m going for, 24GB. 512GB SSD, 8-core cpu and 8-core gpu.
100$ less than the M1 Pro 14 inch.
@@fledora1217 What lapotop is it exactlcy talking about company
its been quite some time since I've started developing mobile applications using react native (expo) and flutter. React native (expo) is a clear winner when it comes to resource consumption. Flutter is so resource heavy and requires both cooling and resources (RAM & CPU). Its important to note that this doesn't mean that react native is better. heavy development process doesn't mean bad results, as a matter of fact. flutter performs better in many sides.
What is the temperature when developing with React? Like how many simulators are you running and what ide do you use?
You're a hidden gem, thank you for all the work you put in.
Your videos are top tier. I love how straightforward and, honestly, inspiring they are. Great job my guy. 👍🏻
Thank you very much Kent! I try to pack as much info as I can in them
the quality of this video is insane
Awesome, love that you make videos for Programmers
Thank you so much for the video man, as a flutter dev, I was confused to go ahead with MBA 13 m2 (16/512 with new design) or MBP 13 m2 (16/512 with old design). Now I have very much clarity and I will buy the macbook pro 13 inch to run my emulators very smoothly without burning my thighs😂.
Thanks alot.❤
I wish I'd seen this a few months back, it would’ve really helped me understand how the MacBook Air M2 performs in real-world use. I ended up getting the base model mainly for mobile and web app testing, and my biggest factor was the price. I knew beforehand that the base model has some limitations, but I was okay with that.
Super useful review, man! I like the real life comparison between different coding languages. Great work!
I was honestly expecting this review the way it was. even in 20 years having a computer with no fans will still be a bad idea.
Thank you for this. I needed this video to make my final decision
Now this is really good review not just some stupid benchmarks but real life project situations
always do this type of reviews plz, this is more helpful and gives better idea cuz you tried different technologies
Loving the real life reviews for the latest Macbook Air. Having feedback from a programmer after a time gap of coding really helped me consider the M2 Air over the Pro. Since no one seems to talk about how heavy the Latest 14" Macbook Pro's are, obviously the specs are great - but its a pain as a programmer to lug around imo.
As a Web full stack developer, probably will go for a 16/24GB Air over the MBP
Did you buy MBA or MBP?
Did you get the 24/512 M2?
love from India bro best content creator for me you will reach 1m soon
Okay, now we are talking. Thanks for the ce been looking for this.
As a react native developer, this is the review I needed. I think the react native performance on this laptop is likely to be very similar to flutter. Thanks!!
How nice does it run on the MacBook Air M2? I just got the 15 inch.
Did you use this mac for react native development?
Can you share your opinions?
Yes. I got 16gb RAM and regret not getting 32. Otherwise, I am VERY glad I upgraded to this machine. It's 10x faster on my workload as compared to my fully upgraded 2019 16" intel macbook pro. @@K.Huynh.
Such high level content, love it!
I love your cinematics. Awesome channel btw.
I was just considering buying a macbook air m2 for development, but after watching this video I'm not so sure anymore. Thank you so much, it's just a video like this that I needed
What did you buy finally?
@@abhijeetsingh3871 nothing so far. I'm waiting for M3 cpus
@@lorenzodigaetano3591 im in the same position, but now im thinking about building a pc instead
@@3breze757 yes, I have a powerful desktop PC too, but I need a laptop too, and I Don't want a Windows laptop ...
I AM EARLY TODAY!! Love from Australia 💓💓
Your cinematic are always nice
For international student, the coding dojo prices are super expensive and their flexible option only allow to pay in 2 installments which is still 8k usd ^^. -Coming from Asia, though it is does hold good value, we dont have the money haha. Hope the bootcamps do something about pricing for international students.
Besides, that I love your videos Andres, I want to learn how to make those cinematic blocks. Do you have course on skill share or something? or where did you learn to do the camera work?
Finally the review I needed... Thank you very much for the video.
thank you for the video now i am going for gaming laptop with heavy graphics card in this budget
Impressive work That’s incredible how a person paired with a computer can make such illustrations. Thank you for sharing your video The APPLE Products Look Beautiful
Thank you soo much man. I'm a flutter developer considering this and m1 pro.
Awesome video. I like the visual vibe of your videos 👍🏻
In my experience, it was really easy to get Flutter running on my M1 Pro MBP recently for work. I know just saying that isn't helpful. But I promise you it's possible to do it easily. I'm not sure what issues you ran into specifically. And it works great! Even on Android emulators too!
This review was mad helpful, thanks
keep the great work up
I'm switching to Macbook Air M2 16GB after having a Macbook Pro M1 8GB. I also do Flutter and my laptop usually struggles with both Android Studio and Xcode running. I think the tradeoff of having Air with 16GB is better than having Pro with 8GB imo
Is a 256ssd enough for you?
@@JammyL I think so. I got a 500gb external SSD and put all my projects there to free up some space.
Tho it might be best to get the 512gb because Xcode caches usually takes a lot of space
How's the M2 performing? I am thinking to go with the Air M2 16/512 GB. I will use it for web and mobile development.
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@@abhijitpanchal7048 so far so good haven't had problems running emulators even. 512gb is definitely a good choice because of xcode caches
Great content Andres.. Always enjoy your videos!
mam your videos are a vibe like a great vibe
Fantastic video. Best on internet.
Great video! Thank you - this did provide a much different perspective than the general user review
Super Video Bro Intro Super cool
I love your content on TH-cam. You are the best ❤❤❤
Nice video !
What Vs Code Theme do you use ?
Love the whole setup, great job. Oh yeah, the video was dope too! haha!
Thank you so much man !! This was super helpful
thank you for this, i'm looking into getting one of these soon. mainly for react native work
Adres loves Porches as much as i do 🙃✨❤️
Great skit 🤙
Thank you for this review Andrez.
One of best reviews! Thanks for taking time :) please do include react native with expo in future reviews.
pleasure to watch! great videography.
Another priceless review. Many thanks
Love the vid, what theme are you using on VSCode? Looks super clean!
Nice video! The pricing in Europe is strange. With 16gb and 512gb It costs almost the same as the 14inch m1.
That’s Apple’s marketing, you know?
Better stuff just to pay a little bit more again.
The M1 Pro is way better in my opinion, 120hz, better speakers, Non-Fingerprint Machine, faster ssd and great for video editing.
Great job as always 💪🔥
Me: How many sponsors do you need for this video?
Andres: Yes!
I used MBP 2015 15inc for many years as a developer it's still running well. I don't need to replace a new one. But anyway thank you for your review. It's very details 👍
Is his recommended about 8gb ram is not enough for building apps ? What is your pov pls . Because i want to go with mba m2
Hey thanks for this!
Great video! But please make sure to adjust the volume level across the whole video. At 14:12 when you put music, it is far too loud.
M1 or M2 , which one is best for programming, pl specify varient which to buy
Is the M2 Macbook Air good enough for software engineering with Javascript and C++? I'm planning to buy it for my study this year. 🤔
did you end up buying it?
very good and honest review
Yo man, first off, great video, I gotta say though your outro is WAY louder than you voice audio and it blasted my ears.
1:36, what colortheme is that? By the way, amazing vid as always!
same question
same question
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Thanks for this developer focussed review. My takeaway is... if you're going to go for the M2 Air and plan to do mobile development, get no less than 16 mb. Seems like you'd experience way less swap and would have a smoother overall experience. I was also fairly surprised by how poor the battery life is. 30% after 3 hours of flutter development isn't what I would call good. Tough call whether to get this with 16 gb or just pony up for the 14" Macbook pro... Obviously MBP will be better but, how much better, and will the fan become annoying?
that battery life performance was just when running flutter tho, overall the issues with flutter that he talked about seems to be a software issue with flutter itself and some issues with how it runs on apple silicon in general. my M2 MBAs battery is a huge step up over the m1 MBA battery which is weird because most TH-camrs rlly never spent a lot of time talking about battery life improvements maybe because battery life tends to vary from user to user when it comes to MacBooks compared to iPhones.
@@alexh2665 which M2 MBA versions do you have? I’ve been thinking about getting the base one, however, the SSD being slower makes question if it would be good getting the M1 instead.
@@JPGENARI I use the base model and that’s also my point the SSD thing is way overblown, my M2 air is faster than my M1 air and my workflow has gotten more intensive since then
@@alexh2665 that’s good to know. I currently have a 2017 MacBook Pro entry level (i5 dual core, 8gb ram 128gb) which has turned up into a pain when I started studying code. I’ve decided to get a new one and based on my budged I am stuck between M1 and M2 - I can get both for the same price with a M2 refurbished considering base models. I will be doing (for now) mostly web development (so multiple tabs), JavaScript, Python etc. The fuzz around slower SSD is driving me nuts - upgrading the M2 to 512gb or the M1 to 16gb starts to bring the price closer to a 14 Pro.
@@alexh2665 Hi, I understand you've had both the macbook air m1 and m2 in use. I'm just having trouble choosing a macbook right now, between the m1 with 16/256 gb, and the m2 8/256 gb, as they are about the same price range. I plan on using it to teach web development in college, like js, react, node.js, python, django. Can you give me a hint from personal experience? 🙏
Awesome review. Thanks alot!
Awesome video! Subbed and Liked, good stuff. I do a lot of fullstack development so I'm jumping around between angular, C#, sql and thus ended up buying a surface laptop 5 because my work issued MacBook pro 13.4" from 2022 was a bit uncomfortable for windows development even with visual studio on mac - just wasn't feeling it... But I'm the undecisive type and I'm having seconds thoughts lol may drive up to bbuy to test out MacBook air 15....
The mat on your table might be preventing your laptop from dissipating heat properly.
Fantastic review!
Great high effort review!
Great review! I am considering the 8gb M2 air for development. battery life and portability are the main selling points. I have a maxed out super micro server with dual Tesla GPUs for all of my heavy lifting and gaming. I cannot see myself ever pushing the lower end model to it's limits with this setup. The M2 is basically just a smart terminal at this point :D
If you want to buy the 8gb, don't. Save your money and buy the 24gb ram with 1TB of ssd storage.
@@MazIsProgramming wow its not like that is + 1000 dollars, some people give advice like money isnt any issue at all
@@nymtes do whatever you want, I'm currently using 8gb of ram as a cs student, and there's times when I need more. Don't take things so personally, it's just internet advice.
@@MazIsProgramming And it's a stupid advice, there is no need for 24gb of ram and 1tb of storage for almost anyone
@@danieldev514 Ok Dan to each their own, I like my 64gb ram machine, but wish I could have more internal ssd memory.
Thanks a lot for sharing your dev experience with M2 Air. too bad Flutter is still not that great on Apple silicon. I am more convinced now that M1 Pro or the upcoming M2 Pro is a better machine for my dev and ML workflow.
How can you be convinced that a machine that hasn’t even come out yet is better for your workflow? Ridiculous
@@avkrmits kind of common sense isn't it.
muy buen video amigo! se nota el trabajo y dedicación que le das! (estoy mas seguro de querer la pro 14' :D )
definitely need to get 16GB RAM at least. the more RAM the less the HD slowdown matters due to the swap file.
My 4 year old i5 8th gen does everything you did in the video, I just upgraded the ram to 16gb and ssd to 512. Running on Ubuntu.
with your proficiency at describing, i can see you creating a new channel to teach people in other domains(Machine learning, Coding).
It would be nice to have your perspective on that.
Hey Andres! Hope you are doing well) what's your vscode theme? I'm a big fan of orange 😂
Yo that intro tripped me out 😂 shit was awesome
Hey man 👋. Excellent review. Better than those benchmarks. I am a iOS developer myself want to purchase a laptop, a little tight on budget, can you recommend me what should i go for?
Just love it..
just fucking love it..
m2 with 16GB | 256ROM + External SSD (Students ID) Around 1Lakh Worth It❤ I'm gonna buy this:)
SERIOUSLY AFTER SPENDING 48hrs` continuous Research I'm giving suggestion！
Better then buying Windows
for at least 6-8years❤
Which product did you buy? What did you use it to do? And are you satisfied? What were the downsides?
What Technologies will you prefer for becoming a full stack Web Developer. Describe briefly from starting through through Frontend to Backend.
What is the Vscode theme, that is beautiful
would you recommend me this laptop over a Chromebook for web development, music, browsing web with 10 tabs and some python????
Lovely content
Great one! Do you miss the MacBook Pro Touch bar? How's the M2 Air today, still using it? You do pure coding or use some photo and video editor app's as well? I'm looking forward for M3. I do coding as well + little photo and video side. I'm wondering about the heat, since there is no fan inside. Is it something to "worry about" in long term? I believe M3 handles it even better. Currently thinking.. should I Go M3 Air or Pro. As well depends how many ports they give. (At the moment I have MacBook Pro 2018 i5 8gb Touch - can do all things needed, working good - I'm wearing off the command button myself)
combine this with Project IDX and you have the best setup for programming