Apple's M2 MacBook Air vs. Apple's M1 MacBook Air

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[niza]

Currently on an M1 and I am looking forward to using it for a long time.

[markslima]

i purchased a midnight m2 air with bumped-up RAM and HD drive space. my previous laptop was a macbook pro 13" late-2013 model. i feel pretty comfortable saying i detect an improvement in performance between the 2013 and 2022 laptops. :)

[markreed]

Yeah, I felt a bit miffed I bought the M1 late last year and then they bring out the M2 and go back to MagSafe which I would have preferred! - for my use case though I don't think I would notice the speed at the moment but as with any OS, I find it needs more power over time after the updates so I may find I want an upgrade sooner. Saying that I only changed from my 2014 i5 4th gen Air to this and it is a vast improvement, I was even surprised the speakers were even better which partly sold it for me on the old mac even though I've always used windows previously, though I am using a windows pc to type this!

[allenedwardcamungao]

TBH, only the SLIGHTLY BIGGER (by 0.3 inch) SCREEN of the M2 is what makes me wanna choose it (though I'm not really sure of its significance over the slightly smaller m1 in real world scenarios). 😅

I don't really mind the
slightly better chip (arguably),
slightly brighter screen,
slightly better camera,
slightly thinner bezels,
slightly wider touchpad,
slightly better speakers (arguably)
magsafe,
and full-sized function keys.

IF ONLY the M1 and M2 both have the same screen size, then I would easily go with the older, cheaper one, the M1. 😔

APPLE knows how to play the game. 😂

[Funcentric]

I know this video was a year ago, but the M1 still would've been a 3 year old computer. Fast forward to end of 2023 and it's nearing 4 years. My last computer i had for 11 years had an IOS that was no longer supported after 6 years. 4 is too close to 6.

[rc]

The M1 MBA's innovation was a huge increase in cool-running processor power, but no significant quality of life improvements compared to the Intel MBA that preceded it.

The M2 MBA's innovations are all about quality of life improvements--brighter, better, slightly larger display; smaller bezels; MagSafe; better headphone jack--and not about increases in processor performance that people will notice in everyday use.  

The M1 is still an incredible and easily recommendable machine, two years later. College students can get one for $899 and it will serve them extremely well. And most other folks who don't want to spend the extra $200 for the M2 MBA.

[Cere]

One word, ergonomics. I just ordered the m2 and the slightly smaller bezels, weight all around style is why I chose it tbh over the M1.

[t.wee]

the display quality is better in m2 so feels more complete

[Aizman]

I wa thinking of getting the m1 used because im only gonna use it for writing and web browsing but also facetime. So if the camera is not very good on the m1 i might have to go for the m2 just because of that😮

[nyambe]

The M2 air was launched to not look bad vs the XPS 13 and new 12 gen laptops, which BTW are more expensive!

[rocksinger]

As an owner of a 2011 Air Mac that was on its way to the graveyard ~ The decision was easy for me to make ~ 2022 ~ But I just want to say that would you fault Toyota or any other car maker for upgrading their cars every year ~ I don't think so ~ I just wanted to not be left behind in the Software update war ~ If I was the owner of a 2020 Air I wouldn't upgrade ~ Your doing just fine ~ Thank you for your review ~

[qwe]

This was a slanted compatison. Aside from distinct advantages to M2 (eg video work 27% faster), that's not the point. It's a resdesigned unit, a body with different and upgraded ports and parts, so pretending that the machines are identical except for the chip is a disservice. You spent 15 seconds mentioning "other improvements" to the new machine, which is laughable. WP videos need to be better than this. No one expects a Verge level of video quality but you are expected to do better reporting.

[salemalameri]

What would they say about the M3 machines now?

[AlexTiktinsky]

I wonder if testing the laptops in clamshell mode, on top of each other, in a small box may have skewed your results.

[nyaladzimajaha]

Amazing video!!! More like this please😂

[Gunner_Viper]

I got me m1 in 2020, from 2008 MacBook 💻😝

[Purrrelll]

Good Ad for Apple to finishing the stock of M1 Airs.

[mrlowie]

The macbookair M2 chip conducts heat better in terms of the Heatsink and it's probably gonna last longer because it has less moving parts, also quieter if you are one that likes that kinda thing, processor speed Is definitely better if ur into Autocad, packet tracer, coding that sort of thing and there is the form factor...but the fact still is you can do what you can do on the previous on the latter so your choice

[cucumber_]

can you guys start being better again? go back to your roots. this company is garbage and shouldn’t be anything related to news. you’ve all turned gay and im proud this country will fall on top of you with everyone else.