M2 MacBook Air after a week | PROBLEMS? What problems?

I made the M2 MacBook Air my daily driver for software development. This is my one week report. Don't fall into the FUD trap.

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[Palalune]

If you're doing software development definitely go for 16GB Ram or more.

Not because Xcode needs it, but all your Stack Overflow browser tabs will need it. Even when using Safari.

[NeoChromer]

I use the 8GB version and coding with Docker works fine.. hadn't had any issues so far

[tobiashauss]

I have the 24GB M2 Air for programming. Like the light design and I wanted a device without a fan (no noise). For my projects it fits perfectly 👌🏻

[IAmMichaelPham]

I'm a software developer and I really enjoy what you are sharing in software development perspective. Thank you!

[robertkelley]

Thanks Alex. You highlight why I think the $200 bump for the M2 MBA over the M1 MBA. And also highlighting the use case for the MBA in general.

[notarealhandle]

I went for 24GB Macbook Air, Silver (for development), didn't want it to look all scratched and filthy like with the Midnight color, so classic all the way.

[fa]

How come this guy only have 92k follower? he deserves over a million based on all the videos he made so far

[MiravMehtaishere]

It would nice to have Docker running like 20 images on 8GB AND 16GB RAM on M2 AIR and comparison around it (Docker + IDE + 10 chrome tabs ) -- a real developer scenario.

[lodnert]

I'm actually using the M1 Macbook Air with 16gb of RAM and have no issues running minikube locally to develop my containers.

[SumitBhardwaj]

Loved this one Alex! :) I also bought myself an M2 MacBook Air (8 core CPU, 10 Core GPU) with 16 Gigs of RAM and 512 Gigs of SSD and I am loving it, no regrets. I wanted something small and lightweight and it fits the bill perfectly. I work as a software architect and am not a content creator (as of now) so it just works for me!

[stevenwilson]

I'm a week into my M2 Air 16/512 and it's the best notebook I've ever owned.

[hendrasetiawan]

woww! thank you! I was already to consider trade in my M1 with M2, after saw this video, I decided to keep my current M1.

[alanmcvicar]

At last, a positive review, thank you.

[techinrl]

Just today I was doing some work outside and left my iPad Pro (space gray) on a table in the sun. It wasn’t doing anything. When I got back to it about 15 minutes later the body of the iPad was so hot it almost burned. It shut down due to heat giving me a heat warning. I’m almost certain your issue was being in direct sunlight. When a space gray iPad can overheat while just sitting there doing nothing, an even darker laptop isn’t going to handle sun any better, especially when handling an actual workload.

[heitorlipsky]

Looking forward for the 24 GB ram review
Excellent review. Agree 100% with your comments about who should buy and why.

I really do not understand people who take their Macs to the river... but it's great that is possible with that screen brightness.

[RomPereira]

3:18 Alex under the tree hacking a coffee shop nearby - YOU

[torstensvideos]

"So what's the bottom line here? Well, Don't do benchmarks in the hot sun on a
MacBook Air." - I absolutely love your humor!

[Ivan_bzn]

The more I see the M-Chips doing their job the more I feel scammed by Apple for paying over 3K Euro in 2019 for my Intel Pro. Especially when they offer me about 700 Euro as Trade In option for a new one...

[LeonardoDias-tegg]

TLDR; If you have a light workload any of the M1/M2 machines will do the job, but if have to do a lot of multitasking and/or virtualization, go for a 24GB or 32GB machine.

I'll share my experience with 8/16GB machines for software developmenit's
I have the base M1 MBA and its an Amazing machine, but 8GB is really bad if you're using Visual Studio, Eclipse, or JetBrains's IDEs. Sure it will work but prepare for some lags and a lot of swap usage. This weekend I bought the base Macbook Pro 14" M1 Pro and I do agree with Alex that 16GB IS NOT ENOUGH for Virtalization. Again, it will work, but prepare for high memory pressure and a lot of swap usage.. Unfortunatley in my region the 32GB is insanely expensive.

The trick with 8gb/16gb machines is to limit Docker memory to as low as you can and debug only what you really need. If you have run 4 microservices, you probably only need to make chances on one or two, so don't open 4 IDE's/Code instances, open only the ones you need to change and run the others from a cli. About mobile development, iOS simulators are kinda light so it's ok to run it, but Android Emulators and Android Studio are really resource hungry, so I would recommend using a physical Android device for debugging if you can...