The Independent’s Trent Crimm… er, David Phelan has been using Apple’s all-new 13.6-inch M2 MacBook Air for the past week, checking out the new design, running multiple programs to see its speed and responsiveness under pressure and testing its battery life. Phelan has also been testing the comfort of the keyboard, efficiency of the Touch ID fingerprint sensor, and the quality of the screen and speakers.
David Phelan for The Independent:
Apple describes the MacBook Air as the world’s best-selling laptop. As it’s just become faster, thinner and lighter, we can likely expect it to do very well.
It’s fast and effective. Unless you have seriously advanced programs that you regularly use, I’d say this laptop is easily powerful enough for most. The M2 processor is noticeably faster than the already barnstorming M1 and the battery life remains outstanding.
It must be said that the MacBook Air with M1 processor is still a potent machine and saves a chunk of cash. For many, that laptop will be a sensible choice. But this is undoubtedly a better machine: it outguns the M1 MacBook Air in almost every way. As for other computer brands, this laptop compares very well.
The new MacBook Air shines because of its superb light weight and bright display, its great keyboard and fast performance, and its sheer drop-dead glorious design.
MacDailyNews Take: Excellent reviews keep piling up for Apple’s M2 MacBook Air, pretty much the perfect Mac for road warriors!
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And this is supposed to be revelatory?
No, it’s supposed to be a MacBook Air review.
If you have nothing to add, don’t try to be pithy. You only come off sounding like a maladjusted 12-year-old.
Loren Bachsturd…. The third cousin of those moronskiis, AppleCnutic and AppleBeeEss
Hey Lorna, well its very revelatory that you’re about as brainy as a 1st-gen Core i3. Thanks for enough roping yourself and proving yourself a phoole and removing ALL doubt ,
A review that says v2 is better than v1? Highly prized info and sure to confirm reviewer’s competence.
Take a break mate this comment says nothing new over your first one so something of pot and kettle here. I’m sure we will get a best of three mind so cue suspenseful music.
Loren Bachsturd… name says it all.
The M2 MB Air was going to be better. That isn’t a revelation. How much better is the relevant question. The M1 model was likely one of the best if not the best choice for the average consumer laptop user. So the bar is set high for M2 Air. Better screen, better speakers, faster processor, slightly better than M1 Air industry best battery life. So it looks substantially better but M1 Air easily is obtained for 900. M2 Air is 1199. IMHO the M1 Air is still a a solid choice for most but if you can afford the extra several hundred (or you wait for some months for it to go on sale or buy refurbished), get the M2 Air.
Lorne – the winner of More On Trivia. He knows the price of everything Apple but the value of nothing, except his own self-importance. The Mark Knighton equivalent of the MDN community. A real gas bag know-it-all.