15' MacBook Air VS 13' AIR - DON'T BE FOOLED!

You might thing that the only difference between the 15" MacBook Air and the 13" is just the size of the display, but there's actually quite a few differences between these two laptops that you need to know about...

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[dabaydestrian]

99% of users won’t need or even notice the difference. Even the M1 is more than enough for like 90% of buyers

[JunkBallMedia]

On a recent United Airlines flight, the seat in front of me was fully reclined. My 13" MBA barely opened wide enough to use. A 15" MBA wouldn't be usable in that situation. Granted I was in a peasant-level seat, but just something to keep in mind if you're a frequent flyer.

[Darthwriter]

I had the 13 M2 base and traded it for the 15 M2 base and I'm very happy with the larger screen and better speakers. Also it still fits in my preferred bag so that's good as well. Thanks for the video! Really appreciated the long performance testing.

[sirjohn]

Great compariosn, thanks a lot, 15 inches is the best option for the Air.

[mrt.]

Got my 15" yesterday - that's a keeper for sure 🤩.

Btw. love the (return to) "non-hyperbole-loop"-videos from you G' 😍

[terryclair]

Personally I think we are splitting hairs with performance and maybe we should have included the M1 MAC Book Air as I believe it is still the best buy for most people, well for me anyway and it is still available new from Apple.

[maximnegru]

I find the 15 inch's keyboard softer (different sensation when push the keys) and quieter when typing.

[alexbennett]

I was definitely expecting the 13 inch to get get better performance and heat dissipation. Guess I’m taking it back tomorrow and going to get the 15 inch 😂. Dope video

[cherylelinsmith]

I just got the 13.6 M2 MacBook Air with 16 gigs of ram memory, and 512 SSD storage. This is my first laptop as I’m used to Dell desktops. My last Dell had Windows 7 pro with 2T hard drive, cause I used to have a website and build my own web pages. Sound on the 15 inch, to me doesn’t sound better, only louder. One reviewer played music on both, and 15 inch was muffled and grainy. Next time play Beach Boys Wouldn’t It Be nice for speaker test. I’ve only had my 13.6 6 days now and I love it. It’s also very light and portable when I came back from Soho Apple store where they helped me set it up. Didn’t put a strain on my shoulder cross body in laptop briefcase. Let’s face it best sound quality is on the pro models.

[poetic.voyage]

Random thought: It would be a fun video to compare the new 15 inch air vs the last 15 inch MacBook Pro. Battle of the 15s!

[manalipatel]

Hi Greg! Are you reviewing the base model of MacBook Air 15 meaning 8gb RAM and 256gb storage ??
Is it the same configuration on your smaller MacBook Air which you have been using ??

[wazitSomethingISaid]

We wanted a maxbook air with a bigger display... we got it... been waiting 10 years... had to get it

[joshuvaantonio]

Wow this guy is hilarous and detailed at the same time ! Am gonna Subscribe ❤

[phanipradeepvalluri]

brother i went apple store and personally checked 13 inch which looked youtube viewing and netflix type of content viewing smaller and uninteresting, 15 is best for many things like typing youtube of ott viewing people who spend more time on video viewing and typing one step bigger than 14 inch pro and close to 16 inch this 15 inch is pretty much good
final conclusion : 13 is bad for viewing videos and eyes too
anything 14 and above are good

[BeastieMK]

The test I am really curious about is playing a game running at each screen's full resolution. The 15" has 25% more GPU cores, but also needs to render about 26% more pixels. (Maybe this is how your Tomb Raider test actually ran.) For all other things, including off-screen renders that were probably the same resolution, thermal advantages and extra GPU cores seemed to be about what was expected.

[mootsym]

I still don't quite understand memory bandwidth. Is 16gb 100gb/s RAM equal to 8gb 200gb/s?? Is it perhaps how much data can be transferred at once instantaneously, vs how much data is capable of being stored for instantaneous transfer? So you can store 16gb of data but only retrieve 100gb/s, vs storing say 8gb of data but being able to retrieve more of it faster at 200gb/s? This doesn't quite make sense either cuz.. 200gb.. is a lot more than the 8gb that would be stored.. so I must be understanding this wrong.

[gregash]

Love the humour! Makes a review that much better to watch! Great work Greg!

[chepito]

I wanted to know this because I have a 13" and want to see if I should upgrade.

[rileyhance]

I think the 15 needs to be compared to the 14 inch m1 pro as they are around the same price depending on retailer especially if you match ram and storage on the air

[aravinddnivara]

It surprised on GPU difference because 15 inch air has 2 additional gpu cores but thanks for measuring the CPU performance for sustained load. That was amazing to know.