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I hate that other reviewers think people either edit videos or game, and nothing else. Love your reviews Josh

Thanks Josh for always remembering developers unlike other KZfaqrs

"I like to use the devices first before I tell you about them" This is why we love you Josh.

Hey Josh, just wanted to say thank you for your reviews. I watch tons of tech channels and it seems like most these days just focus on shooting good b roll and production value, but few actually give genuine useful advice to make a purchase decision. keep up the awesome work!

I just love the way you articulate yourself. Your videos are always a pleasure to watch and this one is no different!

This is exactly the review that I was looking for. Thank you!

Been looking forward to this. Always appreiciate your content Josh.

I was looking for a video like this! Something with more consideration on the different use cases. Thank you, Josh!

While the Air laptops by default do only support a single monitor, I wanted to let people know there are ways around this. I use a Dual HDMI DisplayLink adapter from OWC. Its a USB-C device that gives you a few extra HDMI ports to run two extra monitors. My main monitor has USB-C Display Port with power delivery so I can use just a single cable to connect. It also has a built in USB-C hub, so I plugged the OWC adapter in the monitor then my two other displace into that adapter. That lets me attach my Air with a single cable for power and to drive 3 external monitors. This solution would also work for a Macbook Pro or a Windows laptop for a single cable solution.

Came back to decide if I wanted an Air 15 for development work. You're the only one who covers the info I care about like how much code can I fit on the screen. For what I do the Air is more than fast enough, the M1 in the original air already compiles code like 3x faster than a similar intel laptop.

I appreciate your reviews. I bought the 15 M2 Air a couple weeks ago and love it. I make a couple videos a month; other than that my workflow is writing and office work. The Air is perfect for me, and I love the design.

I really value your reviews man.

A beginner in programming. As others have said, thanks for considering the needs of developers. Keep making these videos.

love your videos!

Hey Josh, Thank you for all the help. I'm a recent subscriber but have to say - based on all the creators I've heard from, so far - you've been amongst the most helpful with your videos and explainers. I had a specific question related to my current laptop, a Lenovo, and I'm not able to figure out why I'm having issues with it's performance cause on paper it running very smoothly. If we could connect, I'd love to get your take on it.

Just the review I needed. Photoshop and video editing are two of my main cpu tasks. Been doing a lot more on my iPhone and was thinking about upgrading that and skimping on the laptop with an air, but it looks like I will be sticking with the MacBook Pro series. Thanks for the review!

Awesome review! thank you for creating this high quality level of tech content! Will go with the 14" pro :)

excellent videos Josh.

Hi Josh... I loved your review. Can you give me some advice. I am about to buy this. I would use it for simple editing for KZfaq videos using ScreenFlow. Apart from that its basic work with Photoshop, Canva and Documents. Is it still a good buy? Thanks

Great video Josh! Would love a review on the newest ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 to get your take on how it compares to last year's!

Excellent down to earth review. Thanks

Great review 🤩 Just wondering, are you gonna be making a video about Acer Swift 14?

I like the review, well done

Hey! I've recently completed my graphic design degree, and I anticipate needing to run Illustrator, Photoshop, and possibly Premiere simultaneously. I'm currently torn between two options: the 15-inch MacBook Air M2 and the 13-inch MacBook Pro 2022, both equipped with 16GB of RAM and a 512GB storage. Could you advise me on which of these would better suit my needs?

Thanks Josh great review as always. I think frontend tooling got power hungry i really wonder if this would do good.

Hi Josh, love your videos... I like to always like your videos before I start to watch so your mother gets proud of you. :)

Can you review the Lemur Pro 13th gen from System76? As a prominent reviewer who focuses on software development, I'd really value your perspective. It's also the main laptop I'd consider vs either the MBP 14" or MBA 15".

I really appreciate the comment at the end about CS students. Gonna be picking this up since I want a 15 inch laptop with a good battery life and good preformance and this is juuuust within my budget range with 16gb of ram and 512gb storage.

Thanks Josh, great review as always. You always have a software development section on the review. 🎉Would love to have you review Lenovo Yoga 9i Pro(Slim in US) with the GPU. Looking for it in terms of software development and bit of content creation. There are handful reviews on this (non sponsored)

I just purchased my 14" M2 MAX with 32Gb ram and 1Tb SSD because it was on the Apple refurbished site for a decent price. I bought it when the 15" was announced, and I immediately dropped the thought of upgrading because of the very valid reasons you mention. I just want to think of the 14" M2Pro MBP and compare it to the 15" MBA. The MBA is a great machine, don't get me wrong, and I am not poo-poohing it. As a developer and system admin I simply need a system that can run containers without hassle, I need a good screen for consuming video and for long days staring into the box. I used to have a 16" but I just did not think about the memory when I bought it, my mistake, not gonna happen again. So far, in the past three weeks, the 14" has lived up to the hype. I think the 15 inch is a great laptop for people that need the screen real estate and the space on the keyboard deck. I do see the 15" coming down in price a little already.

Thx Josh. Great review. Do u plan to test the new 2023 Zenbook 14? I would love to see a review on that😅

Hi Josh, great review as always !! Would you review the LG Gram 17" Pro? It flies very much under the radar but it seems to pack a punch:17” Display WQXGA (2560x1600), DCI-P3 99%, 16:10 AR. Intel 1360p; up to 32 Gigs RAM & 2 TB SSDs; Nvidia RTX 3050 graphics; 90Wh battery. All in a featherweight chassis, just 3.2 lbs!!.

Does light use scenario mean (3 - 6 Office Application such as excels, words, and PowerPoints, 20 - 25 tabs opening KZfaq, pdfs, Spotify, and some other websites), WhatsApp, and other small applications? is it capable? I know gaming is heavy use, but I struggle to understand what light use means nowadays. Any clarification or explanation is much appreciated.

Woww that's great work mate I want to start to be a content creator which needs a laptop for video editing. But I also need a light laptop to carry on. So far I consider MacBook air m2 16/512. What's you advice?

Good review. I’m just a casual user not pro by any means. I’m having a hard time deciding between an air 15 16/512 and an Apple refurbished 14 pro M1 with same storage and memory. The 14 pro will cost a little less. Any recommendations?

As a student in Digital Marketing, which one do you think is the better? Also for jobs in Digital Marketing in the future.

Maxim text is perfect for playing fm12. So much text and stats. Thank you Josh, I will defintly get a Macbook air, not sure if M2 or M1

Thanks for a honest review. I have the base model 15” and it is great. I don’t do heavy video editing just office apps, web, and email. Upgraded from a 2019 intel MBA. The extra screen is a game changer. And this laptop is phenomenally light weight and sturdy. I still kept my 13” since is still runs great although haven’t used it since. May eventually sell or give it away. These base model M2 airs are great for most everyday users. If you are a content creator or edit a lot of video then you may want to upgrade the ram and ssd but honestly it would be a waste is you don’t actually need it. Apple does a great job with their memory management on these new chips. The 8 gig of unified memory is actually equivalent to the 16 gb of memory on most intel laptops. Reviews that say everyone should upgrade ram and ssd regardless of use and trash base models are just pretentious. My base model 2019 MBA still handles everything I throw at it and storage was never a issue because I don’t gunk it up with useless apps and programs and utilize I cloud so my work is easily accessible from all my devices.

What if you get a laptop cooler. Would that solve the performance throttle problem?

I have both of these machines and I am so torn on which one I prefer. The 14" probably does make more sense because you are getting so much more for only a little bit of extra money. One thing I did notice that varies from your findings is that you gain more screen real estate if using the same scaling. if both machines are set to default I get about 4 to 5 more rows on excel. if I move both to the more screen option, I also still get the same result. I think at the end of the day if you are doing more office, email and some light photo editing etc the 15" is a dream. If you push your computer more then 14" is the way to go. I also found the keyboard to be slightly better on the 14". I have the 1tb 16gb ram version of the Air and the binned M2 Max version of the 14" with 32gb ram. I had previously had the 16" M1 Pro and while a awesome machine, I found the size and weight deterred me from bringing it out of the house often.

Quality content ❤️💯

GREETINGS FROM SPAIN! Your videos are very useful to me; a few years ago I chose a lenovo 5 , I think it would be gen 5 (with ryzen 4800 and rtx 2060), and both the pros and cons you gave were correct. Anyway, to buy a lenovo you have to do a master because between the infinity of models and similar names and then that in each region change the specs compared to those you evaluate, it's crazy. What I appreciate most is your advice on what to look out for and which specific model to choose or which display has turned out best or worst. Unfortunately it was my failure when buying my lenovo as there were two types and in the end I couldn't find the best quality one in Spain so I settled for the one I had (it lacks a lot of brightness and now I'm obsessed with the next laptop having >400 nits). It's a pity we don't have a best buy in Spain or Europe. The prices you usually show for the US are incredibly better than what I can find in Spain, including reconditioned ones; I think that even paying extra fees for transport would still work out well for me. In the next 3 months I have to evaluate if I choose a good 2023 lenovo (options: Yoga Pro 9i 16'' ; Legion Pro 7i gen 8; Legion Slim 7i with AMD processor or Legion Pro 5 Ryzen 7745HX ) or look for the Asus Zenbook 14 that you reviewed or even give a chance to my first Macbook refurbished and go for the MACBOOK AIR 15 M2 as you explained good enough for light tasks.

Hey josh , first of all thank u so much. I really need ur help as a beginner coder should i buy this mac air or i should go with dell xps , hp pavilion, hp envy or spectre x360 ? Please help me out . And about macbook pro 14 , i don't have the budget. Please help me out

Josh can you test the Lenovo thinkpad p1 gen6 ?

I have purchased the Macbook Pro M1 14 over Air M2 15 because of 3 reasons, display is MUCH better on the Pro, I occasionally game, and here in Australia a 16 GB/512 GB Air 15 is $2800 vs $2300 for Macbook Pro M1. Also I feel from a longevity perspective Pro would fare much better because of it s screen and performance.

For me, this 15" laptop is basic laptop done right. Even great. The price, however, is too high. But as long as we the consumer buy it, there is no reason for Apple to lower thr price.

When the M2 Macbook Pro releases, I was wondering which laptop I should buy. I was considering M2 Air and M2 Pro. I have similar point of view to you. I took me few day to decide that. I wish this video is release sooner. It will save me a lot of time.😂

Please could you do a review of the Lenovo Legion Slim 5i Gen 8 16IRH8 laptop?

Love the way you tonally sway like a pendulum. Your hypnotic reviews hit so softly that it's difficult to make a decision to not buy whatever you ask us to loot legally. My neighbor turned into a reseller after watching your videos as he was buying stuff from marketplace every time you drop a new video.

For computer science students do you recommend the 16 GB and 512 GB model. Cause that would be 1600 dollars with a 150 dollar gift card while the refurbished M1 Pro 14 inch MacBook Pro is 1539 dollars, and then the decision becomes really hard. I don’t think the school work and internships would be that intensive for the pro model but I don’t want to risk it. Want to use it for masters as well

Hi Josh.. If I use parallels to run windows on Mac, which is better for me - Macbook Air 15 or Macbook Pro with 12 cores? (I use parallels to run excel for windows and accounting softwares).

Should I buy the MBA 13 M2 for iOS development with Swift? I am a student btw

Unbelievably thorough once again. Awesome video for several perspectives and workflows!

Why dont you mention bad screen response times on all retina screen mcbooks? Those are great screens for watching pictures and little else...

How is it for running a vm with windows in the 16gb ram version? Can’t run away from some software tools available only in windows

Can you review the Dell G15 (2023) i7 RTX 4050 variant please ?

Honestly I'm as confused on which to choose regardless of the review I've seen. I'll use Virtual machine infrequently, script in Pine and use large sheets, take lots of photos that I like to edit in Capture one.. which is it?!

Is it good for DJing??

Please review the Samsung Galaxy Book Pro 3 360 or Ultra! You're one of the best tech reviewers out there. Looking forward to the next one :P

Hi Josh .. I have a 2015 macbook pro that I never really used to its full potential and now I have to update. I was going to buy the Air 15 but really want to play around with photoshop and editing videos. If I go for an Air 15 with 16gb and 512 ssd will that work for me? I always have about 10 tabs open too - youtube, websites, documents etc. Keen to make the right choice and aware that the price difference with air and a 14 pro is huge (Air 15 is £1,800 and the 14 pro is £2,700). Thanks for any advice - much appreciated! :)

I wanted macbook for coding mainly development purpose not any video editing purpose or gaming which macbook is best ??please suggest anyone based on their experience

I wished you would have added performance scores for U and P series processors on your graphics. One of the H series could be removed.

Macbook air 15 inc 8 ram 512ssd 1650 $ Or macbook pro m1 1T +16 gb ram 1900$ What do you think

Awesome video. Loved how you didn't do a take time from the video to do a sponsorship.

Thx for your interesting review! I love my pro 14😊

i just bought this laptop... love it!

I kinda belong in the category where this one fits (Data Science mostly remote development) However I‘m probably going for the 32gb 1tb 10core 14 inch pro since cooling is better and i get so much more performance for „relativly“ less money

I’m starting my bachelors in Software Engineering and I’m sure the M2 Air is enough, but I cannot decide between the 13 and 15”. The weight difference doesn’t bother me but does the 15” feel clunky/too big?

I thought saw this video just a few days ago. Why has this been reuploaded Josh?

I using my MacBook Air m1 for browsing internet, watching KZfaq , listen Apple Music ... its perfect for this things...

Is 8gb ram enough for using Mac to display movies, anime and shows (from Files and online players) on 4K tv for 5-6 years and for a standard webbrowsing, skype calls without external monitor?

It's a pity you didn't compared it with M1 Pro models...

Good review

Is funny, MacBook Air Intel version able to do multiple display despite the issues in the past

I wonder how much the 10 vs 12 e differ. my company got me the base m2 pro and I'm very happy, but part of me wanted the 12 core xD still grateful tho I got 16gb as you can't really properly run VMs on macOS anyways.

The best review for 15 MacBook Air so far!!!

I wanna do some codding and game dev like unreal engine 5 or unity 3d and use it with ai ml coding shoud I get and air 15 16gb or m2 pro 13 16gb ???? can you guys help me 😢

I was deciding between the air 15 and the M1 Pro 14. Ended up getting the refurbished pro as it was actually cheaper

Josh! As always your reviews are among the best out there you really put work on them, thank you. Would you buy 16gb ram + 256 if you don use a lot of space and you can use an external SSD? I am worried about longevity with that space. Greetings from Spain!

so, as a summary so macbook air 15 is a literaly a bigger macook air 13 with identical performance, better speakers and thermal right? XD

Does MacAir 15 heats up when playing more than one hour videos?

Say her that, I subscribed your channel. Love her always like that ❤

I'm surprised you didn't mention the M1 Pro 14" as it is also cheaper than the 15". The 15" MacBook definitely isn't meant for pros in this regard, but it is the perfect laptop for "air" usage. Also I'm running a 1920x1200 text rendering on my M1 MBA 13" with BetterDisplay. I just like having more space on my screens and my eyes can handle it. It works for development pretty well.

The MacBook Pro 14 is very much compelling versus the Air 15. There's so much more power for a little heavier and smaller screen size device. I'd get the Pro 14 if it were the only laptop I'd have...if only I had the money.

As someone who recently completed a post grad data science course, 8GB RAM is not good enough. Assignments escalate quickly in scale and I had to deal with datasets with millions of lines. Ran a statistical analysis and I literally thought my MacBook hung. It took a full 6 mins to complete the analysis and display the matplotlib charts on Jupyter notebook. RAM is the issue for the base 15" for any developer no matter how junior they are. Then they would have to contend with the 256GB storage which quickly fills up with assignments to submit.

Idk. I think performance needs to be kept in perspective. Even the M1 Air beat an Intel MBP 16” in almost every area. The M2 Air is fine for most people doing most tasks, up to and including demanding things like video editing.

I think I'm buying Air 15 for Computer science studies

Also the higher refresh rate of the MacBook Pro 14 makes the experience much better than Air 15

you are comparing an air and a pro ?? why not compare two airs ?

The 15 inch air is the perfect Mac for me, I work with UX/UI design and a bit of frontend programming and most of my work is done with Fígma and VSCode so I don't need too much power and the color accuracy is a great point too

My roles : FE, llm ai, Trading. MBA 15 is perfect for me.

portability trumps for laptops. Trying to code on a train on the tiny pull down tray on the seat back in front of me means 13” mb air wins. Seriously, for this use case my 12.5” thinkpad is more desirable than my 13” macbook pro but ONLY here.

I went with the MacBook Air 15 for my software development job. Absolutely love it since I travel around a lot. Personally I struggle to think how any developer (defined as anyone bellow the 95th percentile of power users) could max out the pro’s or even the air’s cpu, but then again I am a backend/cloud first developer

3:52 wrong data again! The MacBook Air 13” is equipped with a 52.6Wh battery (not 70Wh) Didn’t you have anyone look over this?? Illogical charts are confusing to the viewer.

I would still argue that for light use, over 1500€ is too much. I bought my laptop for under 600€ and while it has a very bad screen and much worse battery life (still 6h+ thanks to Ryzen), it's definitely worth over paying almost triple for a better screen and more battery. Of course, then there is the OS/repairability, we all have our own OS/repairability preferences, but I do not include them since different people will think different things.

Hey Josh, I'm a Computer Science student living here in the Philippines I badly need a laptop but I can't afford one, the living conditons here are tough right now. I'm just wondering if you have a spare laptop or if any of you here reading my comment have one, it doesn't need to have any high specs as long as its working it's fine. Sorry for the trouble I'm just doing whatever I can to survive. Thanks a lot.

Why are there even other reviewers?

I use my Air 15" for only very small development tasks, but quite a bit for Lightroom including AI-based image optimization like the Topaz tools. Find the M2-Air very good for that being an enthusiast amateur. Of course if I would a pro photographer I would need every bit of time saving when processing or exporting and go with a Macbook Pro instead. That said, I don't consider my use exactly "light use". I do stuff with it.

Oh. I didn't realise that the 512GB model also has an SSD speed issue 😞