2022 MacBook Air M2 - DEBUNKED!? 2 Weeks Later BRUTALLY HONEST

It's time to DEBUNK every lie around the 2022 MacBook Air M2 and get BRUTALLY HONEST as usual...enjoy
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[CJKnowsTECH]

Are you Team M2 MacBook Air or not? (Comment below)

[micheles]

Totally agree with your review. It needs to be reviewed for what people actually use it for. I just got my basic M2 air and I love it.

[pisxed]

Been a user of Intel MBP for years now. It meets my demands and expectations (Heavy Multitasking actually) - it works well, it just warms fast. The fact that Silicon chips are faster than intel - I don't get the drama surrounding the M2. I don't mind buying the 24gb ram variant. I work heavily with office apps, with lots of tabs and different browsers at the same time. I dont need the power of the MBPs anymore. Air is Enough (just more ram LOL ). Thanks for this video! I'm sold!

[figzastro-photography]

Exactly. I am team M2 MacBook Air. All these other videos you see these guys maxing out the M2 MacBook Air for unrealistic use. It’s like buying a 2022 Honda Accord and trying to race it on a track. Unrealistic.

[capt.azzamganadily]

Yes your right! I have been watching M2Air YouTube videos and they are discouraging, but I know that a SSD and RAM upgrade: and boom my needs and portability achieved. I’m still waiting for it to arrive. Loved your video, good luck.

[kaitlynpowell]

You just got yourself a new subscriber! One of the best reviews I have seen for this laptop. So many videos I have seen, they do way too much and they just throw a bunch of technical terms at you that most people like myself don't understand. I have been debating to either go with the MBA m2 or the Pro and will most likely go for the air. I'm a grad student that mostly writes essays and research projects.

[Karim-wdje]

Is 8gb ram 256gb m2 air enough for 10 chrome tabs, photoshop, teams, xd multitasking or should I go for m1 pro base model?

[jorditordera]

CJ, you can't imagine how much I was looking for this kind of review. There has been such an insane amount of negative reviews. And I think that most of them where based on the fact that, like you mentioned (nailed it), people are trying to get a Pro out of an Air. I don't remember "experts" being so hellbent on pushing to the M1 MBA to its limits. They were just too busy being blown away of the huge difference in performance from previous Intel generations. The problem with the M1 MBA or with the other M1 chips (PRO, MAX, ULTRA) was that it was so damn good and in a way so ahead of its time, that after two years it's still an incredibly capable machine. So capable that Apple is having real problems in trying to make something better, something that outdoes the M1 chip. That's why the M2 chip is only slightly better than the M1 chip. I think that if Apple, like they've done in previous occasions, had upgraded and redesigned the MBA and maintained the same price, it would have been an outer success. I get there are quite some improvements over the M1 MBA, but that's because technology has evolved, and that's why Apple has been able to keep the price in the past, every time they've upgraded their computers. Anyway, I have had my 2012 MBA for almost 10 years, and I was waiting for the comeback of the MagSafe. That's why the M1 MBA was ALMOST the perfect option for me. I was really excited when the M2 MBA came out. And since for my job, I do a lot of video-conferences, the improvement in the webcam, mics and speakers where a big deal for me. But with all the bad reviews I started to wonder, if getting the M2 MBA would be a mistake and I should go for the M1 MBA. All this issues with the Midnight color, worse speakers, worse keyboard, worse heat dissipation, the slower SSD (although that wouldn't affect me because I am planning on getting a 16GB/1TB M2 MBA). And I know that when you start specking up the M2 MBA, you get really close in price range to the 14" MBP, which is a better machine in every sense compared to the M2 MBA. But I am university teacher, and I basically do Word, PowerPoint, emailing, videoconferencing, web-browsing, watching movies, listening to music, and stuff like that. So I wouldn't really notice the extra power or features I would be getting with the 14" MBP. Besides, I carry the computer around all day, so (ultra) portability is an issue. And those extra millimeters of thickness would affect my wrists and arms when typing for long periods of time like I usually do. Summing up, your review has restored my faith again in the idea that the M2 MBA would be the better option for me. Thank you!

[Bill]

Outstanding! thank you! Before viewing your prior video on the M2, I was leaning towards the MBP- based on Youtube reviewing. Thanks to you, I did go with the M2~ I love it! I got the 8-Core CPU 10-Core GPU- 16GB/1TB . I went with the 1TB so I do not have to worry about storage.

[guadalupemartinez]

Thank you, for keeping it real! I like channels like this 😊 definitely subscribed

[alexkaiser]

CJ, this is my first youtube comment. My google and youtube threads had me thinking I goofed and the M2 Air, this video actually relieved some stress. I learned a valuable lesson in how algorithms and feeds can send you down a dark hole. All of the articles and videos I saw led me to believe I made a poor decision. You got me back to being excited about the purchase I made, which I also need it to function well as it will be my primary work and school laptop. You may have this video, but an idea for you would be a debunk video that shows macs can't be used for a work application. I'm a consumer who prefers using a mac, hears all the people that say I shouldnt use it for work, or they dont, and continue to use mac anyway as my primary device anyway. I have an 2017 Macbook Pro 8GB. My new work workflows cratered the operating ability of the computer. I went with a 16GB standard SSD, hoping it can run teams, word, excel, google, powerpoint, some other apps all at once. Apple wasn't that great in answering whether I'd be good with what I got. I would trust your opinion and evaluation of whether the M2 Air can do what I'm hoping it to do.

[AyeshaK]

Another great video CJ. I went on a couple of the “other reviews” and linked your last video because I was entirely over the bs. The laptop isn’t in my budget right now but I’m definitely looking forward to getting it sometime later this year.

[andrewlau]

The greatest thing about the jump to Apple Silicon is that the Air series has now become the entry level media creation machine for amateurs and hobbyists and is no longer just the "Average User's Mac". I mean the Air is now powerful and flexible enough to do most media creation tasks, from photo editing, video to 3D. You definitely couldn't do any of that on Intel Macbook Airs. Heck you would even be having a hard time if you did those on a 13 Intel Macbook Pro.

I guess people are bummed at the M2 Air because:

1. Apple isn't giving us the full performance benefit of the M2 chip unlike when the M1 was first introduced in the old Air design.

2. Apple sort of short-changed users by making the base model an "inferior" model. Given its more expensive price point.

[reggiesanders]

Question: I have an iMac 27in. I’m considering replacing the iMac and replacing it with the MacBook Air. Thoughts?

[iamyamster]

CJ You are amazing man. Thank you for this unbiased review. Keep it up!😊

[tonyburzio]

This M2 5nm is not what Apple really wanted, it was supposed to be in 3nm tech, but something came up. The new 3nm tech (better, faster, efficient) was delayed to await the results of Apple engineers at Blender working on ray tracing. Why? Games. Yeah, I know, Macs don't play games. No one wanted a watch from Apple either. :-)

[BrandonRico]

again bro, I appreciate the realness. Keep up the great work. "No Cap in my Facts"

[iamindysingh]

Down to earth and factual. Thank you! A lot and I mean, EVERYONE who talks about the Midnight talk fingerprints, no one mentions the scratch and scuffs around the USB ports. What is your experience like? Thanks

[jirikocman]

I absolutely agree with you. I do not see problems with slower base SSD speeds as most users will never notice. Sure there are YT channels which will demonstrate "light" use, opening browser with few tabs following Lightroom... How many users know what Lightroom is and how many users who know what LR is really using it. Normal user will take shoot on phone and post to social networks, with maybe some crop or filter applied by build in photo app. I even do not edit my vacation or family trip photos, except some auto color levels corrections and crops. Same for overheating and thermal throttling when you run some unrealistic scenarios.How many users renders 3D or encode videos that often that they losing lot of time to do another paid project.

I currently rocking M1 MBA for 1, 5yr. Firstly I got base model, I do not buy it but rent it as I was not sure if I will be able to live with MacOS after 20yrs with Windows. I realized that I can, and from 6 months with base model I was sure that it is enough for my work, even with few video edits in Davinci, some PHP and Java coding. But it used swap mostly permanently, usually under 1GB, but sometimes it goes up to 2-3GB. So I decided to return my rented base model and I bought 16GB model with 256GB drive. I was looking for 512GB SSD, I do not really need it (150GB free right now), at that time there was 100 bucks off for 16/256GB model so I accept that discounted price over bigger SSD

That M1 is still more than I really can utilize with my most intensive workload, it sits at idle most of time

[erg]

Finally, someone with sanity, thanks for the video, and hopefully other people will start realizing that they are being deceived just to get traffic to their sites