I got the base M2 Air and I have absolutely no regrets. This is coming from a semi-professional photographer who uses Lightroom and does lots of batch edits and exporting to a hard drive. I would say that I wish 16Gb RAM was standard on Macs these days, but from what I’m using it for I can’t complain. M2 is blazing fast. New updated chassis, the M2 chip, bigger screen, more screen brightness and new keyboard makes it worth the extra £200 over the M1 version. It’s light which makes it brilliant for portability and travelling. Very good to put it in your backpack when at the airport. I was considering getting an M2 iPad Pro, but when I added up the costs to get a fully laptop-like experience on it (with at least 256Gb storage, Apple keyboard, case and Apple Pencil), it was actually much cheaper to get the MacBook Air instead, especially when MacOS is simply more versatile and has greater app support than the iPad. Sometimes you need a computer to simply be a computer for raw functionality.

I know I could have been buying the 14" MacBook Pro for the same money, but I still bought the MacBook Air M2 with 16GB memory and 512 GB SSD because the less weight and better mobility are more important to me. And I don't regret it!

Just picked up the same MacBook (M2 8/256) in starlight. $999 at Best Buy. Unreal deal. Not a heavy user and couldn’t be more pleased. Love the redesign.

As a student who wanted something that would work seamlessly with the ipad i was using for notes this laptop is amazing. The native connectivity (to the point of being able to drag screen grabs form the computer right into my notes on the ipad) really helps get the tech out of the way of work. The all day battery means I can leave the charger at home with no worries, even for lectures and studying after. But from that student perspective this thing is so nice to be next too. No fan kicking up in class and the fairly quiet keyboard is so nice for library study time its made me glad they're getting more popular at school. like sure for presentations an hdmi port would be nice but since thats not a daily use case im ok with just having the small usb-c adapter in my bag. Like I agree this is great for travel or a commuter. But I feel like this laptop was built for the audience of the student on the go like the air's kind of were. Not super high intensity but long screen time tasks. and it really shines doing them.

I bought the base M2 a few months ago and so far, it's handled everything I've thrown at it. My only annoyance is having the headphone port away from the other ports, having cables out of both sides isn't as easy to tidy so brings down the aesthetics. But only an issue when I want to run my wired set for max sound quality and could easily be fixed running through a USB adapter or hub. And the midnight colour is my favourite they've ever released, fingerprints and all.

My favourite thing about the redesign is the weight distribution. It is a lot more even now, while the old Air was extremely back/bottom-heavy

M2 with 24GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD here. I know I spent even more than M1 Pro but I love the portability I got with this machine, Totally happy with my purchase and best part is I can scale up my work as much as I want to without throttling because of memory. I do very heavy multitasking and still RAM usage goes maximum upto 20 GB so I still leave space for future.

I upgraded from a four-year-old Dell XPS 15. I opted for the Air instead of the Pro because my intended use is as a travel laptop, a supplementary since my main machine is an iMac. So far it's performed pretty much as I expected, and I also find my shoulder isn't as sore because of the shed weight. (it's not just the laptop weight, it's the power cord as well.)

Got the 14 pro recently for 1600 at Best Buy after a month debating over the air models, but the 16gb ram and 512 ssd MacBook Air refurbished kept coming out to 1500 or so for the m1 and m2 models. For video editing and to be future proof the 14 pro came out to be the better offer!

I absolutely agree with your current assessment. Got the base model open box at BB. Midnight M2, 8GB, 256GB SSD, and Love it!

I chose the M2 Air Starlight with 16 gig RAM, 1 Terabyte SSD. Totally happy with this choice. Very portable and has all the power for everything I do. I work with an organization where we just upgraded our website. It is so nice to tote around for testing sessions. I purchased an Apple TV for our organization so putting the display on a screen is so nice and easy. I am getting ready to start offering a drop in Apple help session. Our group is a group of Seniors and so many use Apple devices. Happy M2 Air owner.

I purchased the base M2 Air a couple of months ago when it was on sale for $1049 USD, and it has been perfect for my travel needs. I really struggled with the choice between a spec'd up Air or a base M1 MBP 14, but neither really didn't make sense for me. I already have a Mac desktop setup with plenty of power and what I really needed was a thin and light travel machine. I opted for the M2 over the M1 for all the reasons you just cited and have been very happy with it.

This is the first video from you I watch and... I LOVE YOUR STYLE. So much DETAIL in this video! The BEST M2 MacBook Air video out there HANDS DOWN.

I took the road less traveled, I took my chance with an upgraded M2 Air with 10 core GPU, 16 Gigs of unified RAM along with 1 TB of storage. The M2 Air is pricey and is not supposed to be a powerful laptop either. But it is super petite, so light, so quiet, and looks absolutely stunning. With Apple’s 2nd iteration of their new silicone, the M2 Air is just as powerful enough to handle all sorts of tasks out there. The passive cooling -fanless design- was a deciding factor for me actually. ARM architecture is mature enough and has been with us for a very long time now, I believe with zero moving parts it's less likely to break down in the long run. I also play games and edit videos from time to time and I have never experienced a lag in performance or the overheating issue many people were apprehensive about. The M2 air is gracefully computing whatever task I throw at it. Perhaps Apple might have overcompensated the M2 Air with a larger and wider heat sink to make up for the fan. It's so compact and super portable I take it wherever I go. The battery life hitherto has been amazing. The keyboard could’ve been a little bit better though, I’m very satisfied.

I have the M1 Air base model. Got it as a silent media centre. And in that role it's absolutely perfect.

Great review! I just brought a m2 base model in starlight less than a week ago. I got it mainly for school. I absolutely love my MacBook. I have no regrets at all because I'm coming from a MacBook Air intel 2013 lol.

Love this channel! You touched the most critical point here. This laptop is mot intended for intense infinite loop of workload on gpu cpu so people should stop comparing it to MBP14 as they are very different and incomparable! I’m buying MBA M2 16Gb 512Gb because it’s super portable and can do all I need including some 4K video editing once in a while. Thanks Gary

I got the base model and I am very happy with it. I used it for every day tasks emails, browsing and videos which is amazing and has an insane battery life. I haven’t any problems with ssd as i am not used to transfer huge files regularly despite the 256 ssd speed is pretty good its all matter of seconds.

Over 2 yrs later my M1 Air still feels brand new. I refuse to buy another Air until they match the M1’s SSD speed and thermal management or surpass it.

Im still using my base m1 macbook air. I do sales and its used hard for video conferencing, office documents, some adobe work for everyday materials edits, and its just been really damn good. All day+ battery, good screen, nice keyboard. It just works so well. I do wish it had more storage but Ive been using a SSD in a usbc enclosure to hold me over until it becomes necessary for me to get a better machine.

I got the base M2 Air for $999 and I absolutely love it. Everything is great about it, the design is beautiful, and it has amazing performance for what I need it for. Overall I am very happy with my purchase and I have no regrets!

Thank you for the honest review of the MacBook Air base model M2

Got the base MBA M1 in '21 and no regrets. Perfect lil beast for on the road youtube vid editing. Next 'upgrade' will be a 15" MBA M2 likely coming this spring. Then that's me sorted for travel for another 2-3 years.

Great channel. This is my first Mac. Bought the base M2 Air in silver and am so happy with it. Have always used Windows machines so the software does take some getting used to but the machine itself is brilliant. I am using it pretty much as per Apple's product description.

I was a windows buff and always used a windows laptop. My last Dell inspiron lasted for 8 long years. When Apple released the MacBook Air M2 earlier this year (summer of 2022). I immediately said to myself that I need this. Finally I bought the 10 core, 512 GB SSD, 16GB MacBook Air M2 in July and since then there is no looking back. Its my go to Laptop for all needs. Work, leisure everything. It took me 20 minutes to transition from Windows 10 to Mac OS Ventura. I simply love it. The body has a premium look and feel and the battery backup is amazing. I am loving it.

Love the channel 👍 Is there any plans on making The Everyday Dad cap available for sale? All the best and have a safe happy new year!

I bought my M2 air with 16gb of ram I was on the fence about getting the M1 Pro instead but ultimately it was still a couple hundred dollars cheaper and I knew I wasn't gonna take advantage of all the extra power and the weight savings was a nice pro. I don't regret it at all this laptop is more than enough for my daily tasks, it's lightning fast, incredible battery life, very easy to move around if I need to even though it stays at my desk most of the time. I'm coming from a 2012 MacBook Pro and it's been a significant upgrade. Also speaks to the fact that I don't upgrade very often so the less moving parts and newer the processor the better in terms of reliability and receiving updates. That was also my main reason for upgrading the ram to future proof it. I can always add external SSD's for storage but you can't upgrade the ram later on down the road. Overall I'm very happy with this laptop it's fantastic and I 100% would buy it again.

It's been a minute since I have seen one of your videos. Congrats on getting over 500k subs my friend! Cheers.

I’m super happy with my base M2 Air. I only use it for email and web applications. For my use it’s a beast.

My son has many many gunpla kits. I just orders 2 M1 Mac air with 512 memory refurb from Apple. Upgrading from our 2012 MacBook Pro and 2011 Mac Air. Lots of help from your channel helping me decide. We do a lot of KZfaq editing and music production as well so I’m hoping the M1 air will be a major upgrade!

I bought the 14 inch base M1 Pro when it was on sale for $1599, and I gotta say, I'm thankful. I edit videos in Davinci Resolve so it's nice to have fans and a beefier chip.

Waiting for mine in a few days. Got the 16gb ram - 256gb ssd. I got external drives so I don’t mind lesser ssd. Needed an upgrade from a 2011 modded MacBook Pro. I use it mainly for just daily small task for school, occasional photos and video editing here and there. So it’s good enough for me

I bought the maxed out Air M2 15 24gb/2tb and never regretted it

I got the base M2 MacBook Air with a student discount ($1099). I also recently got a 10 core/1tb M1 Pro MBP. While I would have enjoyed a higher spec version MBA, I knew I would be using my air mainly for school and web browsing, so it still serves me really well. I gravitate towards my air way more than my MBP, and I am enthusiastically waiting for apple to release a 15" MBA. I also got the midnight color, and people blow the fingerprint thing way out of proportion. All you have to do is wipe it off periodically, and I really love this color and everything about this computer for what I use it for. With that being said, I do think that Apple still should have at least put two SSD drives considering the price of this laptop. Realistically we should be 16gb at ram also going in to 2023, and should not have a major read/write ssd speed difference between storage models. Also I do think Apple could have done a slightly better job with cooling, but their engineers must know what temps the m2 chip can handle. But all in all for what I use it for, I'm really happy with it, and can't recommend it enough if you have a relatively simple use case.

I just bought this MacBook Air in December off Amazon for $999 with my Prime card, which gave me 5% back. I am very happy with it. It scored 1924 on Geekbench too!

Just bough this amazing computer 5 days ago and it’s amazing… Can’t ask for more from a small MacBook. And, as a plus, it’s gorgeous.

i can vouch for the whole "screen feels bigger" thing cus going from an older 13" macbook pro it 100% feels closer to the 14" pro especially with its more boxy and much better shape

great review!!!!!

I really can’t decide between the m2 Air and a 14“ mbp both with the same specs. I’d really love the light weight of the air but the screen and the speakers of the pro are just soooo damn nice. Struggle really is real

Just bought this at Costco for $999 plus $99 for the insurance package from Allstate that covers the machine for three years with no deductibles. Excellent value for the money

I own an iPhone, but never had a MacBook ever. I bought the same base model at Costco for $150 so I’m pretty happy!

Got the m2 air base model and never had a problem. It runs all game emulators from the nintendo switch,ps1,ps2,ps3 and nintendo emulatorswith no issues.

l've come around to the M2 Air. Picked one up (in the finger-print color, um, "Midnight") for $599 at Best Buy after trading in my old MacBook Pro. Since my files are stored on Dropbox the 256gb storage limit wasn't an issue. I was concerned with just 8gb of memory in 2022 but that also hasn't been an issue, even running Windows 11 (for ARM) via Parallels. The most I've stressed the little laptop was playing around with ArcGIS (via Parallels) and a few large datasets but then again that's probably not as bad as running three benchmarks while playing Call of Duty.

Thinking about a M2 Air 16GB/512GB or a (Apple) refurbished 14" MBP with the M1 Pro. Both go for 1700€ rn. M1 Pro has 70% more performance than the Base M1 and the Base M2 has 30% more performance than the Base M1. Lighter size and weight are nice, but the biggest breaking point for me is only being able to use one external display. I wanted the midnight m2 sooo much, but only one output is a no-go for me (who wants to use it on their desktop with 2 monitors, instead of a windows PC). I'm still considering my choices, just as much as the just announced M2 Pro MBP, but the M1 Pro MBP is 1890€ new, so 500€ less than the new M2 Pro MBP which goes for 2399€... and the refurbished, which from Apple comes with the same guarantee and seems to be in brand new condition, costs another 200€ less, so 1700€... 700€ price difference between the refurbished and the brand new M2 MBP, for just 20% more CPU performance over the M1 Pro.. It's hard to justiy. I think the 2021 M1 Pro MBP is the best choice for me honestly.

I haven't used Gunpla kits as units of cost...but I will now! Great random reference and great video. I always look to your videos first when it comes to mac stuff!

24GB RAM is perfect for me, lighter weight perfect for me as a student and soon to be lawyer, lower price point perfect for my tight budget... but it all came down to have extra ports and ProMotion. I know I'm spoiled for 'needing' ProMotion but the screen is what I'll be looking at ALL THE TIME and having that smoothness even just for scrolling PDFs just makes it so much more pleasurable to use, especially when my 14 Pro Max has ProMotion too. 16GB RAM wasn't enough but 32GB was such an overkill. If only the Air had at least 90Hz, because at the end of the day, the only real reason I went with M1Pro 14" was down to ProMotion

I bought the MacBook Air M1 instead. The performance is similar to the M2 model and I don’t have to put up with having the notch or the SsD issue. And saved some money. It’s the best option right now

I got the base M2 Air for the same price as the base M1 Air. It's my 1st Macbook bc I got tired of using my 17in 3000$ gaming laptop for work and It does everything my windows laptop can do for work so I'm loving it.

I also have the base M2, but I’m finding quite a bit of the base getting surprisingly warm, to the point where I will pick it up and my legs with suddenly feel cold. All I’m doing is watching a Disney+ and KZfaq. 😅

Still rocking my 2012 macbook air. BOOM, max value attained

Thanks your video. Make me feel so good now. I ordered M2 mba 16gb, 256ssd. I had max studio for home office. I need this for travel, light is my main purpose and dont need care about ssd because only for web/app develop.

I've bought the 24GB RAM + 512GB HDD model in Midnight Blue to be fine for the next 5 years. It's beautiful, highly portable & provides enough power for regular usage incl. a Windows 11 VM running in Parallels Desktop. Thx from Munich 😉

Best Buy just had the M2 Air on sale for $999 new. Sold our M1 Air for $500. Not a bad upgrade at that price of $584 including tax after selling the M1.

The hottest my M2 MBA got was when I played WoW. It gets quite hot and throttles performance but for these cases (playing WoW about 5 times per month) I got a cooling pad for $15. I put my MBA on it, plug it in, connect to my monitor and that's it. I don't need the cooling for any more and it is strictly detachable so I don't carry a dust fang for all the other occasions when I don't play a game

This machine was on sale during Black Friday for $999, and for that price, I feel it's perfect.

I got the base m2 MacBook air m2 in the amazing new Midnight Blue color with only upgrading it to 16gb of ram and I absolutely love it

My best advice, get a keyboard cover. The finish on the space bar on my keyboard wore off really quick.

It’s a good machine! My wife does tv post production work remotely and my old 2016 mbp that she was using was starting to show it’s age with her remote avid setup so I was going to give her my 2020 m1 mbp and I was going to upgrade to a base 14 inch M1 pro but she likes light machines so I ended up buying her a M2 starlight air with 24gigs of ram and 512 harddrive and everything is awesome. If I wasn’t so happy with my 2020 m1 I would upgrade to that. I’m a camera man for reality tv so my m1 can handle most footage and small edits I do from time to time.

I’m a avg user and between my wife’s Base model M1 and my base model M2 I’m glad I went m2 yes they both will do what I need but the M2 looks and feels better

A timely video Gary - I am selling off all my older, Thunderbolt 2 era Macs & accessories, with the goal of offsetting the cash outlay to buy a new day job office computer. I was originally looking at a 14" M1 MBP, but when I saw the thumbnail for this video, and it got my interest. However, you are correct, and the 14" MBP will be the new office computer; pricing, and ability to use 2-monitors natively are the decision points.

I bought the mba m2 with 16gb ram and 256gb hdd. I believe I made the right choice. More ram means less reliance on swap memory and better performance.

Picking up my M2 macbook today! With student discount and my trade in from the 2019 air, total price is only $527! Id say thats a steal for the Base model! Even the "Smudgy Blue midnight!" lol

Two years ago you recommended buying the cheapest M1 Air. Great recommendation and the computer has held up well.

Thank you for converting the price into something I understand

The Midnight color is probably the best MBA color to date. You held up yours many times in the video and I don't recall seeing any massive fingerprints that diminished the laptop. IMO, this is for the casual user, the average user and not the heavy user. I hate hearing people complain about this machine because they claim it is not any good. Which they are obviously wrong. 👏🏽

Zero Regrets on my end. Outstanding Portability, Battery is next-level, it can breeze through day-to-day tasks which in my case is basic graphic editing through photoshop + indesign, spreadsheets, Microsoft suite. I completely utilize cloud storage so lower Hard Drive space isn't an issue for me. It's a pleasure to type on, and don't get me started on the unreal speakers. Love this thing.

why am I watchig this when I already own this laptop? LOL great video by the way. I havent came across a scenario for needing to use a higher specced m2 as it can handle dozens of chrome tabs simultaneously wihc im sure most users are doing with their laptops

its crazy, barely 3 weeks after this video released and the prices on all these devices have fluctuated so much, besides the air.

Just bought the Base version in Space grey it is more than enough. If I wanrt more power I will upgrade to a MBP. I choose what fits for me and I am with this machine for at 3 to 5 years.

Thank you for this great review! I usually run KZfaq and Twitch at the same time (sometimes a couple of each) along with some other basic web browser pages (news, sports etc). I also play Football Manager and watch Netflix, Amazon Prime and Sky Go. I assume this laptop will be fine for that without overheating? I currently have a £1,000 HP laptop but am considering returning it as the battery is so poor (3-4 hours with very basic use) and it has a touch screen I don't use. Although it's very nice it's not as sleek or sexy as this M2 Macbook Air (I also love this Midnight Blue colour and it will match my iPhone 13 mini nicely).

I got my base 14” MBP M1 Pro for 1599 at Costco. Best money ever spent on a laptop.

M2 Air is my first MacBook and I’m still using it. It is really good and I think I looks great especially the midnight colour

I actually just bought the M2 air since my microsoft surface pro is starting to die. As a single dad with a two year old kid I really needed something reliable so i went with apple after using windows and linux my whole life. I also have an iphone, ipad, airpods and apple tv so figured why not. But very different from windows so still getting use to it

i'm not a heavy user. i'm using my M2 base model for browsing purpose and play the sims 4. still a very decent and good looking laptop

I have one... it's amazing! I love the style, and I love the starlight color. It's so powerful for a mobile device and the battery life is phenomenal! I have the 8GB/512GB setup. And I agree, it's great to do work on with the 16:10 ratio on the screen. It's so sleek, portable, powerful and efficient!

I just bought mine yesterday @best buy for $999.99. I got it for that price because I price matched Micro center!

I bought it for $899 from Best Buy. I just can't wait it to arrive.

I would love to buy the new M2 Macbook Air as I would use it for travel only….. but by the time I add the 512gb SSD and the 16gb RAM….. I’m only $350 CAD away from the 14” Macbook Pro. Considering the Pro has the card readers (a $150 CAD add-on to purchase separately) a bigger better screen, better speakers, more ports and the ability to use multiple displays…. The 14” Macbook Pro is the “smart” choice.

I have an M1 Mac mini base version, great for my photography and drone video edits, just got a base model M2 MacBook Air for when I'm on the go, very happy with that too. My edits are quite simple so doesn't really task the system too much, in honest terms, I just can't justify the expense of a high spec model......not in the current financial climate! Love the channel :)

If you use the 'Education Store Home Page' you can get the MacBook Air M2 (as well as other products) for $100 less than $1,199.

I own a 16-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro with 1TB SSD & I am thinking of getting an M2 MacBook Air Midnight base model for light use.

I bought the Air M2 back in August and there are a few design problems that I don't like ~ Since the screen goes all the way to the edge of the frame it always has fingerprints all over it ~ Try opening it without getting fingerprints all over the lens same thing ~ The good thing is it's never overheated ~ Besides my fingerprint problem I really like it ~

$899 for similarly spec'ed 13.3" Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro 360, FTW. For the basic, low-budget functionality you're using your M2 Air, you could save $300 and gain: 2-in-1 functionality, (notch-less) OLED touch screen, stylus (with hover functionality, as Samsung has ALWAYS had), a third USB-C port, microSD slot, and available burgundy color option

With this new design, is it finally possible to install one of those after market camera covers without breaking the display? Or do we still have to stick to post-its & the like?

My main computer is a 27" iMac with Intel i9 ten core, but I needed a physically small laptop for my music room and wanted to try a M-series Mac so I got the MBA M2 and I did spec' it up quite a bit. I can't believe how much I am using this MBA because of it's small size and excellent performance. Performance wise I'd say the MBA and my i9 iMac are the same, I still run big apps like DAWs on the iMac. I did upgrade to the 24GB RAM on the MBA but monitoring RAM use ever trying DAW I'd say 16GB would of been sufficient. So I do recommend the MBA M2 to others doing typical home, school, and business computing needs. I do recommend they up the RAM to 16GB. I run music apps on my MBA and for your DIY musician or beat maker it should be fine and they will appreciate that the MBA M2 still has a headphone port. Speaking of ports since it has the MagSafe and headphone port that two USB-C ports are enough for daily use, but when making videos or recording I just add a hub and have plenty of ports of all type available. So as I said for the typical Mac user especially if they need something to take to school or on business this is an excellent computer. I do say bump the RAM to 16GB more RAM mean CPU can devote more cycles to the apps running instead of juggling things around.

Costco is selling them for $999 right now. I couldn’t help but pick one up!

I got the higher tier M2 MacBook Air and it's awesome. I've only felt the throttle a few times but generally it handles multiples functions without any hitches and I ended up getting a hub to handle the smaller amount of ports as well as an external monitor. My only wish would be that it could handle more than one monitor but that's not a deal breaker.

Just had the base model and never regretted a single bit… music producer here...

I just got one today after my toddler dumped a cup of coffee in my 13in M1 Pro. I work in IT and use mine for a mix of work and personal. So we’ll see. Lol

While my Airbook 11 from 2013 still works every other airbook I bought in succession had massive problems after about 2 years. My latest 2018 pre-M1 only runs acceptably when I crank up the ventilator to 7500rpm and no, nothing‘s blocking the ventilation, everything’s clean inside. It‘s just a questionable design as there‘s no heatpipe between cpu/gpu and the ventilator at all. Passively cooled system. Wasn‘t a problem initially, but developed that habit about 2 years into usage. I‘m very happy with my iphones & watches, but apple laptops are shiny shit with inbuilt planned obsolencence as far as my experience goes.

I bought a M2 Air base last month, and the screen is amazing. My old eyes been thru four surgeries on them, I run the brightness around half. I have a M1 mini base as well. Funny I used to build my own PCs and still have two. One has a 1600 NVidia card, the other is old AMD 5 2400G. The 2400G with integrated graphics can come to 95 percent of the color of both macs. The Nividia one is horrible for color. Never been a gamer. I can leave the M2 Air closed and not charge it for days.

I’m hoping for the rumored 15” MacBook Air in the not too distant future.

Bought the base m2 air for U$999+taxes and I'm really happy. As a UX designer using basically Figma+Miro+Notion+Google Chrome and I didn't feel any difference from my Macbook Pro M1 14".

I went for the M1 Air with 16 gb ram and 512 ssd after watching several of your videos about it :D idk I bought it for 1500 euros where the M2 with the same specs would be 200 euros more, I kind of wanted the (in my opinion) better speakers on the M1.

I was coding in a hackathon that was 36 hours long, and I didn't need to charge the battery once! it lasted all that while even having a 2% battery after 36 hours. I had it fully charged before, the hackathon started!

I grabbed the M2 air for $999 and the M1 Pro for $1599 during Black Friday and I am imploding trying to decide which one to keep. Thanks for the great input!

I got the base model M2 Air on launch day. It replaced my 12 inch MacBook from 2017 (that laptop wasn't as bad as most people say!). I'm loving the Air so far! I don't do a lot of heavy individual tasks, but I use the machine pretty heavily a good portion of the day. It's very common for me to have 7-8 apps open at a time. The most intensive single tasks I do are Photoshop and light video editing. The computer is vertically mounted on my desk about 95% of the time. I've only ever felt it get barely warm to the touch when pushing it under my workload. I know it can be pushed harder, but it's really got enough horsepower for probably more than 90% of users.

I have the new macbook air m2. It’s basically a cheaper lightweight version of the m1 pro macbook pro. I have no regrets. I couldve just got the m2 macbook pro but its pretty outdated.

i got this laptop for 900 flat and have not regretted it. 10/10 would recommend

I might be stubborn, but even now, with the SSD issue and the price, I would instead get an M1 MacBook Air, with 16GB of ram for the same price. Now, if I was a regular user, I would be kind of knotted in between the M1 and M2, but I am not one, I am a coder whose laptop is sitting in clamshell mode and connected to a monitor. I do a lot of traveling, but to me, coming from a 12-inch windows laptop, I am perfectly fine with the screen size.