Apple finally got revenge - MacBook Air M2

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Unbox the box
1:00 Specs
1:50 Size Comparison
4:01 Display
4:40 Issues
5:29 Speaker Test
6:05 Craigbook
6:55 Webcam Comparison
8:00 Suggestions
9:04 Benchmarking
9:42 Pricing
10:53 Internals
11:38 First Aid?

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@JeffGeerling Жыл бұрын

lol Anthony's like "wait nobody at MAC Address opened this yet? It's been so long since I got a brand new Apple device in the actual shipping box..."

@mattzfn Жыл бұрын

Will you ever be buying one Jeff? 🤨

@coffeefuelsme Жыл бұрын

@@h7hj59fh3f Jeff is the ansible GOAT

@JeffGeerling Жыл бұрын

@@mattzfn I bought one, but BTO is shipping in August :( - it will be useful as an upgrade from my M1 Air since it has the ProRes decoder built into the M2 chip!

@mattzfn Жыл бұрын

@@JeffGeerling then I'm expecting a video about it anytime soon! Take care until then.

@7073shea Жыл бұрын

Geerlingguy!

@randalls9422 Жыл бұрын

Anthony: brags about a body count M2 MacBook Air: tries to take a thumb to avenge its fallen family.

@Andertheil Жыл бұрын

This

@shivashivatwotimes Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@kaneki1056 Жыл бұрын

the title makes sense after seeing that ngl

@gcg8187 Жыл бұрын

You mean lay count

@bakunawa534 Жыл бұрын

@1mlister Жыл бұрын

Anthony being allergic to grass really explains why he is so good with computers.

@totokoostudios Жыл бұрын

Lol

@funfuuun Жыл бұрын

With the slower ssd and everybody saying "better to buy the bigger capacity", i think apple done marketing well

@RinoAP Жыл бұрын

I think even if people buy expensive laptop, they would rather choose at least 512 GB instead because 256 GB is not enough

@lateral1385 Жыл бұрын

256 is laughable, and should not be sold.

@PasteurizedLettuce Жыл бұрын

@@lateral1385 I’m not against 256 being sold for people who do cloud computing, however, it’s absolutely unacceptable that it’s so nerfed because the whole point for users should be that its easy to get things on and off the disk? Like… to the cloud or a server or a drive…

@112Haribo Жыл бұрын

@@lateral1385 I’m a DevOps engineer working on a 256gb MacBook Pro. It’s plenty. Professional users don’t store hundreds of photos.

@alexamderhamiltom5238 Жыл бұрын

@@112Haribo thanks mate, i will buy 256 for my blender project.

@ykhatat Жыл бұрын

Thanks for displaying the name of the products throughout the video. Helps specially when they look similar.

@JettoDz Жыл бұрын

nice name

@core36 Жыл бұрын

@@JettoDz how is it pronounced?

@2small4theMall Жыл бұрын

@@core36 I think you just say , might be wrong though

@chrisual Жыл бұрын

It is crazy how good-a-presenter Anthony is. I remember he was a bit nervous when he started but he is now one of my favourite presenters. Great work!

@banban5568 Жыл бұрын

He's really one of the best writer/presenter because Anthony is just too knowledgeable about a lot of stuff. It's rare to see someone good at talking in front of a screen while being knowledgeable about the product itself. Even linus comes at second place when anthony is on screen.

@Scolio Жыл бұрын

@@fraserkerr4060he also doesn’t try to force comedy. Just a throws in a tiny snarky comment here and there or subtle little jab. I appreciate the guy

@little_fluffy_clouds Жыл бұрын

I only watch this channel for Anthony. I actually can’t stand any of the other presenters because of their forced attempts at humour and over the top presentation styles

@animaniacs538 5 ай бұрын

he should really lose wait tho

@JJ-si4qh Жыл бұрын

9:27. I got the MacBook Air specifically because it doesn't have a fan. I'm frequently in dusty environments and the fanless design is a game changer. The thermal tape mod works well. I wish more computers were fanless

@gbessone Жыл бұрын

i got the m1 pro 14inch, and the fan almost never turns on honestly. So noise wise its almost the same. (unless you are doing something really heavy like video editing)

@gasparmxm Жыл бұрын

@@gbessone but the problem is dust like he says, dust cannot be avoided with fans, you have to clean then eventually and get inside your computer and reduce your computer's life span

@gbessone Жыл бұрын

@@gasparmxm In my case fans almost never turn on (i never do the kind of heavy editing that would require fans to turn on), so i don't see myself ever having to clean them. If i did, would be after 10 years and by then i'd have another computer.

@kaitlyn__L Жыл бұрын

@@gbessone fine dust floats around and deposits whether or not the fan runs. The fan running merely accelerates it 100x. Sealed still matters in environments with enough fine dust.

@johnps1670 Жыл бұрын

In dusty environments I would go for a toughbook.

@roketootoo1136 Жыл бұрын

After Anythony injured his finger....Linus should have jumped in, "LTT gloves, coming soon to LTT store"

@nishayandebnath Жыл бұрын

I read it Linus's voice

@roketootoo1136 Жыл бұрын

@@nishayandebnath 🤣

@blossom.ch4 Жыл бұрын

For the UFO test, I’ve had some trouble with Safari and delivering proper frame rates. Both on external displays with higher refresh rates or the pro motion built-in screen, it was strange…

@dylangarcia9468 Жыл бұрын

you have to enable high refresh rate (forgot exact name) in the developer settings

@flamingkillermc2806 Жыл бұрын

You have to use chrome

@stormevans6897 Жыл бұрын

Well good thing nobody uses Safari.

@sdtok527 Жыл бұрын

@@flamingkillermc2806 You have to boot in Linux /s

@Vorrez Жыл бұрын

@@stormevans6897 I gave it a try but i could only watch a single youtube vid on my work M1 before it restarted itself lol... id rather use edge

@plus12gaming Жыл бұрын

Strengthening Apple's argument against right to repair: you will just hurt yourself if you try to open it XD

@doyi984 Жыл бұрын

WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN

@chriscarley Жыл бұрын

I’d like to point out how easy it would have been for Apple to put those 4 screws underneath the feet, but they chose not to. It’s a start. Well done.

@n.g.5234 Жыл бұрын

I find it kind of hilarious that we have to compliment that

@MrAkaacer Жыл бұрын

Lol... the things we're grateful for.

@tylerrex96 Жыл бұрын

Not even just apple, all of the laptop manufacturers are so bad about that on thin machines. Try tearing into an HP Spectre jfc

@ilovefunnyamv2nd Жыл бұрын

@@n.g.5234 its called positive reinforcement, but yes, low bars and all

@rebel2809 Жыл бұрын

i dont understand why apple can be so good at making good products but when it comes to repairability that do a hard no... dont they want to be known for making products that last?

@tipoomaster Жыл бұрын

Even with just a Shortcircuit, you've already gone deeper into the SSD performance than all of these youtubers who think a peak sequential transfer is all. Throw some random 4K reads/writes in, hammer the IOPS, I hope to see more in depth testing on the full review than many of these less technical channels have done.

@evrythingis1 Жыл бұрын

Why would you even bother testing SSD performance on a laptop like this?

@heroninja1125 5 күн бұрын

@@evrythingis1 Because it sits in the price range of many high performance laptops. Laptops which people will actually care about the performance of.

@spiritrulez Жыл бұрын

LINUS: let this man do the MS-DOS PC video! Please... he needs it, and so do I =)

@enigma776 Жыл бұрын

It needs to be a complete deep dive video too, at least 30mins.

@HowieDay82 Жыл бұрын

just reviewing and ragging on old pc dos demo discs from PCGamer. :P

@pudicus2 Жыл бұрын

Good job Jake and dbrand. That was one of the few sponsor shots that interested me.

@KixPanganiban Жыл бұрын

Watch the Manscaped ad by Dennis in Chanel Super Fun! It's one of their bests recently too

@josephmanni7491 Жыл бұрын

Common Craig W

@R8FKL Жыл бұрын

When you wake the M1 MacBook Pro from sleep, it sometimes will just have that stutter. Only way to get rid of it is to reboot. Pretty inconvenient, and it’s been a problem since it came out.

@guadalupe8589 Жыл бұрын

So, Apple has not achieved literal software perfection? I'm shhhhhhhhhh......ocked

@NoTimeForNoodles Жыл бұрын

M2 Pro only or any of the MacBook Pros?

@xPandamon Жыл бұрын

@@guadalupe8589 For a company that once had an ego the size of a skyscraper that is pretty pathetic to be honest. Bugs like that are a little more than just "software perfection". At this point MacOS is worse than Windows and probably even more plagued than some Linux distributions..

@amitojchopra Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I saw some videos where the 10 core gpu actually gets worse performance than the 8 due to throttling. Did you do any checks on that?

@andrewr1355 Жыл бұрын

Aaaayyyy. I love you Anthony. Tell Linus we want the MSDOS gaming PC. I’ve got too much old hardware with nowhere to put it.

@fffUUUUUU Жыл бұрын

11:44 enjoyed every moment of his pain 😀 narcissism punished just in time 👍

@seanonraet8327 Жыл бұрын

@@fffUUUUUU you ok my guy? Need a hug or something?

@liviurosca Жыл бұрын

It’s interesting how Apple can make a confusing line-up (for me at least) with only 2 products. 😂

@B.D.F. Жыл бұрын

More than 1 product tends to confuse LTT EXCEPT when it’s a non-Apple product, for some reason being non-Apple tends to last longer for some as-yet-unidentified reason.

@millefeuille8851 Жыл бұрын

@@B.D.F. they always call out other brands for confusing naming schemes. You just hear it more often about apple products because they have a horrendous naming scheme and it’s fun to make fun of apple (I’m an apple fanboy btw)

@joelv4495 Жыл бұрын

Then once you get 16gb and the higher spec model, you're only $300 away from a base model 14 pro which has MANY compelling reasons...

@cienciabit Жыл бұрын

@@joelv4495 Circular loop. Difficult to buy the MacBook you like without remorse.

@joelv4495 Жыл бұрын

@@cienciabit For sure. I had a 2013 M1 Pro that I bought knowing I wanted a bigger screen for dev work but the performance was just too good to pass up. When the MBP 14/16s came out, I immediately ordered a 16 Max, but it was too heavy for me... I finally found my goldilocks machine... 14 Pro with 32gb memory.

@Christopher-pe6zj Жыл бұрын

Always fire reviews... not always an injury included!

@Kromunos Жыл бұрын

Anthony has the ultimate countermeasure to the insult: "Go outside and touch some grass" because he's actually allergic to grass...

@devKazuto Жыл бұрын

10:07 Because Apple still enforces only one external display natively on the MacBook Air, even though it's more than capable of running two external displays since M1. That's why I have to use a Wavlink DisplayLink hub.

@StevenConning Жыл бұрын

Anthony: “I wonder if I’ll break it.” - **MacBook plays Uno reverse card**

@eddu4361 Жыл бұрын

Anthony is as always fun to watch and informative

@8bits955 Жыл бұрын

The 13 inch pro has almost always been the sacrificial Mac to bring up the sales of the air as they spec so similar and this year once again they did just that

@theNimboo Жыл бұрын

Ya honestly I have no desire to buy the Pro anymore. If I need more power it is way more economical to just build a desktop, but if you are gonna have a laptop, better to have the best combo of portability and power, and that's definitely the air

@spacecadet2172 Жыл бұрын

@@theNimboo a desktop is not portable though and cannot run off battery so that’s an irrelevant comparison

@ilovefunnyamv2nd Жыл бұрын

sometimes you bite the apple, sometimes the apple bites you

@rivestalex Жыл бұрын

I've never watched this guy's videos before, but he's great! Super funny and informative. Thank you.

@macxcan Жыл бұрын

Hello! Am trying to decide on a Mac book (pro or air) model to purchase... I am in academia and my workload is somewhat intensive to very intensive on graphics and processing, with files of over 10 million data-points and images on the range of 500 Mb, some programming (mainly python), also Auto-cad and some GIS applications as well as data-mining over the internet (which sets my number of open tabs on the range of 40 to 50 at any given time)... which model would you recommend that will not make me break bank, and its going to perform well above average, as well as which configuration you recommend. Thank you in advance for your help!!! Great videos and expensive toys you always try...

@doncrispens6932 Жыл бұрын

When I was looking for a MacBook with M2 I was torn between the Pro and the Air, inevitably I went with the Pro as I needed a little more cooling than I would get with the Air. The additional fact that there was the issue with the SSD's that are being presented, it made me go the direction of the Pro. I love the form factor of the Air over the Pro but aesthetics isn't the only thing that got me there. Hope they go this direction with the future updates for all the designs but don't hate what I have.

@InfiniteLoop Жыл бұрын

I was planning on getting a new air in january 22, to replace my 2013 one, and I am so glad I waited mainly for the MagSafe and the new color

@spacecadet2172 Жыл бұрын

@madan pal the 256k and 4K random reads and writes are about the same if not faster in the m2 air so for most users they will never notice the performance difference or have a better experience even on the 256gb air. Also, hardly any users spring for a TB3 nvme pcie SSD external drive. They are either using an HDD or at best a USB3.1 Gen 2 SSD that maxes out around 1GBps. So they will never have an occasion to utilize this speeds pretty much. File copies to the same drive are instantaneous now with the APFS filesystem.

@isuna Жыл бұрын

Imagine Craig Federighi posting a video about the Craigbook and ending every feature sentence by "How cool is that?". Yes, I'm sure you read this with Craig's voice. 😎

@GreggyAck Жыл бұрын

9:22 I’ve been using the M1 Air all year and I’ve never managed to get it to a point where I’d like a fan. The silence is absolutely priceless. I don’t do any intensive rendering though.

@mrniveaulos9669 Жыл бұрын

i have the 2020 13" MacBook Pro M1 and it changes to30hz or somehting pretty often which is rather annoying because you can see it very visibly... it changes back sooner or later but i hate that you dont have a setting where you can control or at least monitor the fps

@SimpleThingsOne Жыл бұрын

the best review for m2 macbook air. Thanks Anthony.

@chaseguap Жыл бұрын

It’s about time! How else was I suppose to form my opinion without you guys

@22tango79 Жыл бұрын

❤ the side by side comparisons.

@adriantaylor1266 Жыл бұрын

The Peter Griffin like Swswswsw aaahhhhh at the end.🤣 Thanks for the good infos by the way.

@ianwalking Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review and for sacrificing your thumb! \m/😄

@paradoxyou6604 Жыл бұрын

I waited for the M2 to release, got a great deal on the last bit of remaining M1 air base model stock and bought it

@bleedingedge17a52 Жыл бұрын

1:33 bro is literally incapable of touching grass, a true gamer

@STRxSTARBOY Жыл бұрын

Oooh where can i get the toolbox/bag thingy that he used?

@rubyredphoto Жыл бұрын

I don’t like skinning my tech BUT DBrand never fail to make me giggle

@ShFred Жыл бұрын

Same. I don't like that for my women either.

@RadicalAntifa Жыл бұрын

@@ShFred who asked lol

@suntzu1409 Жыл бұрын

@@ShFred Skeletons will be the options for you then

@ShFred Жыл бұрын

@@RadicalAntifa who are you, lol?

@ShFred Жыл бұрын

@@suntzu1409 you can always be thinner, look better.

@pipester Жыл бұрын

Great video, big Anthony fan here. When you were talking about the SSD speeds and the toll that stuff like Final Cut will take on it - I hear you, BUT if I'm doing enough video editing where that would matter, I'm not buying a MacBook Air to do it. In that scenario, I would be getting a 14" Pro.

@koalaunknown Жыл бұрын

Why? 512gb+ SSD, CPU, and GPU are all the same. It’s not going to make a difference until the M2 pro comes out. Edit: I suppose if you need the fan that makes sense but I doubt the Air thermal throttles much.

@MonicaHolly143 Жыл бұрын

Yeah people are complaining about the speeds but who will buy an air with no fan to use as their machine to make money ??

@JMartinsATV Жыл бұрын

@@koalaunknown not the same. M1 pro has 512GB with faster write/read speeds than the Air (don’t know why). Also, base model has 16GB RAM. Like MKBHD said: the M1 Pro runs circles around the M2 Air

@sirwheatthins5573 Жыл бұрын

fair, the m1 pro is hands down a better product to buy for creative use, *however* the fact that the current controversy is measuring the speed in stuff like rendering final cut projects is amazing. like, it's a MacBook air, the fact it can run final cut renders faster than most last gen MacBook pros is insane. I wish they would disclose the SSD speed thing, but this is a thin and light entry level mac, and it's plenty capable for creative work as long as it's not more than 50% of your use case

@Astelch Жыл бұрын

I think if anyone is doing any heavy work go for the 14 mbp. The air isn’t really meant to be your main machine especially without a fan.

@ryanzmuda3167 Жыл бұрын

So can you replace any parts like ssd or ram in the pro or air. Did the m2 fix the video out issues the m1 had

@Moonwired Жыл бұрын

Dbrand is absolutely bonkers, and hilarious. I actually enjoy reading the add mails they send.

@EpicLoot Жыл бұрын

$1699 for 16gb + 512 + 2 extra cores. At that point you might as well buy an M1 Pro 14" for $1799 when it's on sale, or $1850 w/ edu discount. I loved the M1 air, but $200 for each upgrade ontop of the increased base price, makes it hard to recommend outside the base 8/256 for general light activity.

@JakeM218 Жыл бұрын

I’ve just come to this same conclusion! 14” pro has a much better screen, much better speakers, supports multiple external displays etc

@evindrews Жыл бұрын

Picked up my used 14" for 1500!

@m-stat9 Жыл бұрын

Fully agreed! I loooove my 16“ M1 Pro!

@thor.mukbang Жыл бұрын

You can get the 14" for $1749 refurbished. I agree that while the M2 can do a lot, it is not worth speccing up for performance

@samdoidge1054 Жыл бұрын

Depends on how much you value portability / style

@ZeryusXD Жыл бұрын

Correction: The MBA M2 has 2 thunderbolt 3 ports just like the previous model

@abhishekparmar6702 Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's what I thought lol

@abhishekparmar6702 Жыл бұрын

Wait wait, it says thunderbolt/ usb4 ports. I think that's what he meant. I fucking should know this, i ordered one 🤦🏾‍♂️

@gs7828 Жыл бұрын

@@abhishekparmar6702 They are USB-C, that's for sure. Then, both are equipped with Thunderbolt technology for increased speed. For example, you there are non-Thunderbolt USB-C around.

@wocaomade Жыл бұрын

@@gs7828 but if it’s thunderbolt 4 then it must be able to support 2 4K displays which I believe was what he wanted that the m2 air doesn’t support unfortunately

@thor.mukbang Жыл бұрын

@@wocaomade They are NOT Thunderbolt 4. Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for: Charging DisplayPort Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s) USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s) M1 / M2 can't support multiple external displays because the chips for displays are in the SoC and they are relatively big, so Apple is only including one.

@glukki Жыл бұрын

I was investigating our web app performance issues in Safari recently (actually, some Safari dev tools are better than Chrome ones) And stumbled upon the following thing, I will cite... By default, macOS Monterey enables “Low power mode” on Battery power and disables it when using a Power Adapter. Safari, it seems, is programmed to interpret this setting to mean that it should reduce the number of times it paints to the screen to prolong battery life.

@chamseddineabderrahim2853 Жыл бұрын

Does the m1 macbook air they still sell, also have one 256gb nand ship (the one that are producing now and not the old stock of course)

@Lupu-Valentin Жыл бұрын

I can't belive I literally enjoyed watching d'brand's comercial 😂 That skin is such a smart move and also looks cool and fun 😍

@muffinmonk Жыл бұрын

1:32 are you saying you literally cannot touch grass?

@tyima Жыл бұрын

What brand is your desk mat? Thank you.

@maristheone3237 Жыл бұрын

11:40 literally did the same exact thing doing a MacBook repair yesterday. So painful 😣

@jessedaly7847 Жыл бұрын

Love Anthony, legit nerd energy. We use one of these m2 airs to render 8k video and it absolutely rips!

@Letsgotoluna Жыл бұрын

Apple's long standing rivalry with oranges finally resolved.

@jmacd8817 Жыл бұрын

Worker’s Comp!!!!, lol Nice rev, Anthony! Hope you heal quickly…

@Chazdachap Жыл бұрын

When are you doing the termal tests dude?

@drdaddy777 Жыл бұрын

Nothing better than an Anthony video after a difficult day

@cemsengul16 Жыл бұрын

He is like a big kid.

@theNimboo Жыл бұрын

Thanks Anthony, I really appreciate your advice. I got the 512gb M1 air a little over a year ago with the intention of using that while I waited for the M1 Pro to come out. I ended up skipping the M1 pro because my M1 air was more capable than I expected it to be, and I loved the light weight as someone with back issues. At this point I'll probably just sell it and get a M2 air instead, the higher end one like you recommended. Thanks so much for your advice pal

@ThunderDraws Жыл бұрын

why not keep your M1 air? the M2 air has a big price hike for not much of a difference

@2intheampm512 Жыл бұрын

Just keep your M1 air dude

@theNimboo Жыл бұрын

@@ThunderDraws Unfortunately I only got 8gb of ram, which definitely bothers me. I originally tried to order the 16gb, 512gb version, but they said it would take a week to arrive. So I saw I could get the 8gb, 512gb same day and I went for it cause in my mind it was only going to be temporary anyway so what the hell. I wish I had considered that I might actually want to keep the M1 air, in that case I would have definitely been willing to wait the extra week for 16gb of ram. So now I'm not sure what to do lol. but I know I wish I had 16gb of ram.

@theNimboo Жыл бұрын

@@2intheampm512 See my reply to Thunder Draws. What do you think I should do? In most cases I don't mind only having 8gb of ram, but in others it has definitely hurt having so little :c

@yes-hc6sx Жыл бұрын

work for apple and honestly opening those shipment boxes are so satisfying lmao

@kylehansbrockmann848 Жыл бұрын

Anthony's stage presence and comedic timing has improved so much since he started going solo. I'm so proud of muh boi. He's crushing it.

@lr2582 Жыл бұрын

i did get that weird stutter on my m1 air too, googled it and found other people with the same issue happening occasionally, no solution other than rebooting and hope it doesn't come back, only happened to me once so far, apple, as always, says nothing EDIT: i noticed it when moving the cursor and it was leaving a huge trail behind

@thewiirocks Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a glitch in the (matrix) Graphics Cores. Probably be fixed in future graphics drivers. Similar nonsense can happen with NVidia and AMD drivers. As long as it's not happening with any regularity, it's probably not an issue.

@MrAkaacer Жыл бұрын

@@thewiirocks Yeah but Apple's selling point is "it just works". This is how they justify the premium prices.

@thewiirocks Жыл бұрын

@@MrAkaacer For the most part Apple devices do "Just Work". But if you think I've never had to reboot my phone or Mac due to some sort of glitch, I've got a bridge to sell you. These devices are way too complicated to expect zero issues. With that said, I was a bit peeved the other day when I had to reboot my Windows 10 machine to successfully reconnect to the corporate WIFI after it was power cycled, while my Mac colleague happily reconnected no issues. You definitely see the differences on a daily basis.

@Azlbrrr Жыл бұрын

I had a weird glitch on my iphone the top part of the phone got blurred i got scared but when i restarted the phone it went back to the normal

@MrAkaacer Жыл бұрын

@@thewiirocks I've seen mac with wifi connection issues. I've seen win10 and linux machines with wifi connection issues. My current PC (and the 6 I run for my nephews and nieces) have no wifi connection issues and neither does my current laptop. My pc Windows htpc has wifi connection issues. Windows and Linux support a wider range of hardware, so occasionally there are glitches. What's Apple's excuse? As a PC user who also supports the occasional mac from family and friends, I don't see a difference in number of issues, except when its a mac issue, it can be a lot harder to resolve at times.

@salmonjerky Жыл бұрын

the problem with buying a reasonable spec on this laptop is that the 16 GB + 512 GB storage option brings the total to $1499 which is just soooo close to the 14’’ MacBook Pro base model with the same specs which went for $1849 iirc on sale on Amazon. For only a couple hundred bucks more there are substantial upgrades over the m2 air. Maybe this was Apple’s pricing strategy to get people to buy the 14’’ mbp though

@cody8860 Жыл бұрын

Those specs sound reasonable to us tech geeks but for the majority of people it's not necessary to have 16gb or an internal 512gb storage. A lot of people use airs to write notes at uni, stream video and music and keep their photos mostly on the cloud or an external. If you aren't one of those people and must have an apple laptop then the higher tier macbook pro that antony references makes sense. Because as you've pointed out extras are shit value on all apple products.

@suntzu1409 Жыл бұрын

Classic apple way Apple does something like this with the new ipad air as well

@suntzu1409 Жыл бұрын

@@cody8860 16-512GB version of air is dangerously close to the pro irrespective of whether or not somebody will actually buy the 16-512GB version of air

@pyrocrewZuiden Жыл бұрын

Lol if 16gb is necessary to you then just buy the pro. 95% of the people buying the air do not need 16gb of RAM. The only upgrade that people might wanna do is upgrade to the 512gb ssd so you have 2 NAND chips. And where I live the price difference between the 14” pro and the M2 air with 512gb ssd is still €500

@suntzu1409 Жыл бұрын

@@pyrocrewZuiden 16-512GB version of air is dangerously close to the pro irrespective of whether or not somebody will actually buy the 16-512GB version of air

@blackacnologia1263 11 ай бұрын

Would you recommend it as a daily driver for university work such as assignments including programming?

@harmvzon Жыл бұрын

So Apple’s cheapest ‘new’ laptop is $1200. But you shouldn’t buy that. You should upgrade it to the $1500 one. And better yet $200 more for 16GB of memory. And all that you needed was a light laptop for browsing and office work. p.s. the $1500 one is €1870 in Europe. Because Apple tax.

@mihnealazar7039 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes. Stupid prices in Europe. And the base model is 1500€? Instead of 1200€ that it should be (let’s say 1300€ because of VAT and transport). Retarded prices.

@neappx Жыл бұрын

$1500 is without sales tax, which you always need to add for US prices unless you live kn a state without them like Delaware. With current bad Euro conversion rates (1=1) and let’s say 19% sales tax in Germany, you are at 1785€. Same model is 1850€ in Germany. So the Apple “tax“ in Europe is not as bad as you think it is, especially since e.g. in Germany there are also more bullshit taxes like GEMA which actually charge you for any sold phone, tablet and computer to accompany for “private copies of music“. I shit you not, this is an actual tax and costs you like 13,72€ for notebooks.

@yellowood252 Жыл бұрын

@@neappx Forgive me if this is ignorant, I'm not familiar with the tax systems in Europe. Also, I may not understand what you've said. If the product is listed as 1850€ on the German website, would the 19% German sales tax not be applied to that amount making the final cost 2,201.50€? The US cost would be $1,594 (with avg US sales tax of 6.35%) vs $2,201( Germany with 1€=$1). Difference of $607 (32% more expensive). Or is the 1850€ on the website already including sales tax? I'm not trying to be argumentative or call you out. I'm just confused on the differences in costs haha

@neappx Жыл бұрын

@@yellowood252 Listed prices in Europe for consumers are pretty much always the final price, including taxes. So 1850€ listed means I pay 1850€.

@yellowood252 Жыл бұрын

@@neappx Ahh, I see. That makes much more sense then haha. I wish the US would do that with their products, it would be much more consumer friendly. When we buy gas, the price already includes all the taxes, but not with other products. Thanks!

@jkcoxson Жыл бұрын

I've been using my M1 Air daily for almost a year now. I personally love that it DOESN'T have a fan, because it keeps silent the 99% of the time the CPU isn't at full speed. I'm not afraid to keep the computer at weird angles or on bad surfaces because it's completely solid.

@ddrix Жыл бұрын

@Garrus Vakarian even with the option to run the laptop in passive mode, when it heats up the fan starts to spin anyway...

@HungarianManbeast Жыл бұрын

MBP M1 has only once spinned up the fan, when I was playing stellaris :D

@JakeM218 Жыл бұрын

Also doesn’t suck up dust etc over time!

@Fasneocroth Жыл бұрын

I agree, it was a big selling point for me. And really makes complete sense considering almost all smartphones and tablets don't have fans and have plenty of power. GG Apple!

@azuaraikrezeul1677 Жыл бұрын

@@Fasneocroth so apple turned their laptops into smartphones? so when a new update pops up i would expect my laptop to run slow?

@adam_tarantino Жыл бұрын

9:20 I love that my MacBook Air does not have a fan. Happy to trade a little bit of performance for a silent machine.

@bobbydk123 Жыл бұрын

Remember to also blur the barcodes - not just the text. You could quite easily reverse engineer the barcodes or just screenshot and scan it.

@daniluvsuall Жыл бұрын

I really want an Air. But 16GB of RAM like you say is essential - immediately that with the not-slow SSD is the same price as the equivalent M2 Pro... and that has a fan so you'll get better performance. It's annoying because it's basically the only 2 things I care about - 16GB of RAM and a super fast SSD. I'd otherwise be happy with the slower or less well-cooled CPU. Suddenly we're talking about a 1700 GBP laptop.

@tiestofalljays Жыл бұрын

Unless you are doing specific things, you will never notice that SSD speed difference. Copying large files every day? Sure, maybe. The most important figures are the random reads/writes.

@andreewert6576 Жыл бұрын

@@tiestofalljays copying *where* is my question. If you're using any kind of network or USB 3.0, you're likely limited by that.

@tiestofalljays Жыл бұрын

@@andreewert6576 True. It’s really not a huge deal. Basically, if you’re copying a bunch of vids from one folder to another, that’s where you’ll see a speed difference. Everything else: external storage will be your bottleneck. I’ve got a stupid fast PCIE nvme drive in my desktop (PC). 7gigs per second or something? Literally cannot tell it’s that fast lol. I’d still be fine with my old 1.5gig/second Intel drive.

@andreewert6576 Жыл бұрын

@@tiestofalljays so many people fall for this. My boot drive is a PCIe3 1TB Samsung 970. There are folks who would call sub 3GB/s performance "too slow" today. Meanwhile, i've pondered going for SATA-M.2s as boot disks for friend's builds, because windows, browers, programs and many games just feel the same with 500MB/s as they do with 5000. Not saying i wouldn't buy NVMEs, it just use them for stuff that actually profits.

@tiestofalljays Жыл бұрын

@@andreewert6576 Yep for sure. I’ve thrown SATA SSDs in friend’s builds (Samsung EVO models). They work great. No complaints about them being “slow”. Even DRAM Cache is a mostly unnecessary feature **unless you’re using the drive as a system/OS drive**. For a non-power user/someone who doesn’t copy loads of videos/photos, DRAM cache on a secondary drive is pretty much inconsequential. I’m 99% sure my 2TB secondary Nvme drive doesn’t have a DRAM cache. Just use it for games - works fine. Really only matters in a ‘high write’ environment.

@doctorkayne Жыл бұрын

This man is a God!! He needs his own channel. ALL HAIL ANTHONY #AnthonysTechTips

@flyingdiscproductions Жыл бұрын

what App are you using to check the SSD speed?

@yoitsblazeable Жыл бұрын

The ending reminded me of that one episode of family guy where Peter trips and holds his leg 😂

@austinfarley4971 Жыл бұрын

I'm not going to lie to anyone. I want to buy this just to have an excuse to buy the craigbook skin.

@crashmatrix Жыл бұрын

I'm right with ya bro

@Snoop_Dugg Жыл бұрын

I want it for a Macbook Pro m2 If they release it this year

@harmvzon Жыл бұрын

Only Apple can make their senior vice presidents celebrities.

@RandomUser2401 Жыл бұрын

I'll too have to admit that. Super guilty.

@suntzu1409 Жыл бұрын

@theredscourge Жыл бұрын

1:33 Anthony finally answers the question we've all been wondering: Q: How is he so knowledgeable about tech? A: He actively avoids touching grass.

@ZonixMaster Жыл бұрын

11:40 can we say that is a cutting edge tech?

@Estass_ 5 ай бұрын

what do you do with laptops after you review them?

@mannylupercio8194 Жыл бұрын

I almost feel like they're doing this on purpose. The M1 MBA was sufficient for a lot of professionals. It was almost too good, so they had to throttle it back to encourage people to spend more. Ultimately, I went with a 14" MBP M1 for $1616 at BB (Open-Box).

@theNimboo Жыл бұрын

Seriously the M1 air was more powerful than their best intel macbook pros, which professionals had been using for ages. So ya most people don't need more

@jonathan__g Жыл бұрын

How long until Anthony's face at 11:45 becomes a meme?

@fffUUUUUU Жыл бұрын

Ikr. 11:44 enjoyed every moment of his pain 😀 narcissism punished just in time 👍

@xenajin6827 Жыл бұрын

Dude, it looked like he was having an orgasm😂

@dantech9435 Жыл бұрын

Agreed with the box thingy.

@bjohnatp Жыл бұрын

I like your style of video! Very well done and informative. Great work! Down to earth review!

@Sonicgott Жыл бұрын

You ever seen Apple take a bite out of you? I am so sorry Anthony. I hope you’re OK!

@AntonioNoack Жыл бұрын

The bite in the Apple logo could have been a warning 😂

@silverwolf6236 Жыл бұрын

I actually can't wait for the LTT/Mac Address video on this laptop since I'm considering upgrading from a base model 13" Intel MacBook Pro. Performance and all that will obviously be better, but I kinda want to see how it holds up comparatively since M2 had a rough start with the 13" MBP.

@ForrestAger Жыл бұрын

I'm in the same boat as you. I started with an MBA went pro and now want to go back to the air.

@silverwolf6236 Жыл бұрын

Well I got my Pro for reasons that ultimately fell through. So I got a higher end Mac for basic web browsing and music lol So I think “downgrading” will be a better choice this time around.

@ForrestAger Жыл бұрын

@@silverwolf6236 I respect that man. I thought I'd be doing a lot more video editing and yet I've done very little. I do more in Logic Pro X than anything else. I like what I see in the new MBAs though. Good luck on your quest sir.

@silverwolf6236 Жыл бұрын

And good luck to you, hopefully this time we both won't have to think of buying another Mac for quite a while lol

@ForrestAger Жыл бұрын

@@silverwolf6236 haha. No kidding.

@xandriars_1569 Жыл бұрын

@ShortCircuit I don´t know much about Apple stuff but could the read and write SSD test be false because of the not plugged MacSafe by 8:20? please check this for us thx

@douglascampbell3523 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the air diagnostic.

@theoneneo5024 Жыл бұрын

The extra room accorded by a 512GB SSD that costs Apple $50 max, while they upcharge you $200 for it. Apple is the king of "suck it up and pay us more".

@tails618 Жыл бұрын

Price is never dictated by cost. It's dictated by demand. If people were willing to pay $500 for it, that's what it would cost.

@girlsdrinkfeck Жыл бұрын

Yeah but apple fansimps love it .it's like paying apple for it's onlyfans

@girlsdrinkfeck Жыл бұрын

@@tails618 it's called simping

@HearMeLearn Жыл бұрын

yep, that's why I say it's base models or bust with apple, and the m2 air is a bust in the base model so I'd rather get an m1 air, m1 pro, or wait for a new one. It doesn't help that it doesn't have any real cooling either, that's why it will get over 100 degrees while doing anything with the performance cores

@johnbuscher Жыл бұрын

@@girlsdrinkfeck Hope you didn’t buy whatever device you used to type that comment on, because you’re just simping for those companies.

@SneakyCaleb Жыл бұрын

At the current pricing you should definitely just get the MacBook Pro 14. Really expensive for the air with similar specs now

@Luscious3174 Жыл бұрын

Anthony - Canada's answer to Meat Loaf 🤣🤣🤣

@bhavanshuganesh541 Жыл бұрын

the screen stuttering with the pro happens sometimes happens. can be fixed by restarting the laptop

@CrypticHashing Жыл бұрын

11:35 And that's why only certified professionals should be allowed to open an Apple device /s

@thecon_quererarbitraryname6286 Жыл бұрын

Because apple literally designed them bad to the point where even a seasoned tech professional can't open the damn thing without hurting himself... Most conventional laptops even use standard phillips screws...

@JigabooJoe Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they broke it so they could fix it

@kurtthealien585 Жыл бұрын

i don't think so.. better deburring they should do!

@JigabooJoe Жыл бұрын

@@kurtthealien585 dude they made the thing sharp, its not that complicated, it shouldn't be sharp and i bet you apple employes sliced thier finger on that thing too... its dumb to say people shouldnt fix thier own stuff because apple made that plate sharp(prob didnt meen to)

@guadalupe8589 Жыл бұрын

More like 11:45

@zachjames441 Жыл бұрын

Your first priority should be getting on the treadmill and start dieting lol

@celesteazul Жыл бұрын

I think the same, he needs autoestim

@zanemcmorris4541 Жыл бұрын

The timeline needs a split at 7:25 transitioning from "webcam review" into "SSD testing"

@samuelfcosta Жыл бұрын

Do anyone know the site he's using to test the refresh rate?

@nathan7401 Жыл бұрын

11:38 Apple: That's our cutting edge technology, that and being able to provide additional 256gb storage for 200$

@stratonarrow Жыл бұрын

Keeping my M1 MBA 1TB/16. It’s the best tech product I’ve ever purchased. Top 3 for sure.

@keyurbilgi9560 Жыл бұрын

Yes it happens ... even you can see the mouse pointer stuttering.. even see its trails as if we have enabled mouse trails just like we can do in windows .... it weird.

@gabrieldesimone4644 Жыл бұрын

what about general performance? I saw some videos that doesnt position it so well

@insu_na Жыл бұрын

I honestly do not like anything Apple does, but I'm half considering getting an M2 Air and running ASAHI Linux on it (avoids the *awful* non-standard keyboard layout and their walled garden)