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@@leothecat2834 get blue shelled

@@poble how have i not seen this before hahaha

Most students only need a 2010 MacBook

@@ItzSlushie I doubt many people would want to use a 12 year old laptop today

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It was the right choice. The baht has depreciated significantly from when the M1 version came out. I see all these articles about why the Mac Mini would be a bad choice now, but if the its successor is priced like the M2 vs. M1 air, that price increase is probably not worth it.

@@GuyWithoutACamera why does it have to be a laptop let's be honest mostly every student for school tasks would be perfectly fine with base model iPad 9 for $300 and if anything a Mac Mini for home and both combined are still cheaper then MacBook

@@Byronic19134 It is good to have options. Many people only want a single device. My cousin bought an M1 Air last college term and raved about the battery life.

​@@Byronic19134 Wow, so much wrong here I don't know where to begin. A lot of students do not go to colleges near them, usually they go in a big city or even another country where they rent a place with other students and it's very common they do not have a place for a desktop so a Mac Mini setup is out of the question. Even if they had that space, you will need to factor peripherals like an ok screen, keyboard, mouse and speakers/headphones and you will easily push your combo over a comparable Macbook Air. Lastly, depending on what they study, they will need a machine that they can take to class, capable of installing desktop software that simply is not going to work on an iPad. Even if you remote in a Mac Mini you might have left at home, you will still need an external keyboard+mouse, but you will still be limited by the strength of your connection both from your Mac and from your iPad so it will be a very clunky setup to carry around and use in class. You can definitely get through almost any bachelor's and master's degree comfortably with a M1 Macbook Air(preferably 16GB RAM/512GB). But if you can't afford it you will have to go with a decent Windows machine(R5/i5 with same amount of RAM/storage) that will probably start at 500$. And if you don't like the OS, get a Linux distro. Going with your setup will probably be overall more expensive than a Macbook Air while giving you tons of headaches in the long run with the only advantage being that you remain in the Apple ecosystem.

Same! I've actually never owned ANY Apple products, not even an iPod. Pretty much the only Apple product that has ever tempted me was the first iPhone, which all the coolest rich kids had in highschool... Should've bought some stocks back then...

That is the problem, we already have LTT to hate on Apple. I don't like it when he goes negative. This should be a fun channel

@@nyambe I don't think he wasn't overly negative. I thought he was just very realistic about the M2's limitations. There's no point to close your eyes to limitations in Apple products. They are designed by humans after all. Blindfolded praising of an electronics brand doesn't encourage them to improve their products in the future. If you want to see only positive hype, go and read Apple's marketing material.

Absolutely the same, plus I still get informed about the most important things about Apple Products, in case a friend ask for a recommandation. The only thing I ever considered buying was the AirPod Pro, but as I don't have any other Apple device to update it, nor can I ask a relative for one, I'll stick to other options either Android-focused like Sony, or better that can be updated and set up with Windows like the Samsung ones.

@@Shaibuli It's totally fake drama. We still have people on the intel MB Air, and they are doing fine, and those are really bad. They say stuff like "it's getting slow", but they keep using it. Apple users don't care about that stuff because they have plenty of other Apple devices. They probably have an iPad or an iMac where they do most of their stuff. There is nothing close to the M2 for day to day stuff in the market. Speed is not the problem of the 256GB model, it's price which is clearly an inflation adjusment

Got myself the M1 Air last year and still very happy about my choice. Mostly use it as a mediacenter when going somewhere though.

The reason I would buy an M2 MacBook is because it has much greater speakers and camera. Idk about the microphone

@@hunhowshadow317 the speaker is great on the Mac m1, the camera not so much

I’m getting my m2 air in 2 days, upgrading from a 2013 air, so it’s going to be a huge contrast

but the better faster model for extensive work loads is literally cheaper

@@austinl8944 The M1 Air has less battery life than then M2 Air ?

@@austinl8944 Oh I thought we're talking about the M1 Air because @raccoon mentioned that it's cheaper

@@austinl8944 he was talking about M1, at 6:18 in the video you can see for longer tasks M1 is faster

@@shubhamthakur8530 but it's not cheaper. And has a worse display.

Thats a mac lover response! this looks awesome, content doesn't matter

@@Nunto1 ok

What do you dishonestly love?

i dont disagree, but why has this always been a top comment since this channel's start? no shit it looks great, it's funded by one of the biggest KZfaq media companies

@@Coldsteak honestly, its own parent channel doesn’t have editing, cinematography and the script writing

Same :(

That’s the way. Buy as per your budget

Buy from Amazon or the education discount, $100 off.

@@the_manchovie1795 buy from amazon or education discount

its the better choice even if you have the money, the bump in price is inexplicable honestly, youre paying for more raw power from that m2 that you cant even use for more than 20 minutes without it starting to behave like an intel based model. the m1 is better in many ways, plus, if you have the money for an m2 air, get an m1 pro, it beats both

Sadly most find it not to be. It is the suicide capital of Canada and stormy, dreary and grey almost every day of the year. They had to install fences on the roofs because so many were jumping.

@@spacecadet2172 brah, I was last there in March of 2022, and there were no fences on the roof?

@mikea hiooi wrong reply?

Yeah, I was actually thinking the same. That theory might be right! If so, then Apple's just pulled another Apple... 🤔

Except that the m2 pro model is derived from the older Intel pro model with the Touch Bar. And that one confuses me even more.

@Billy White Jr. the m2 pro 13inch is the same as the m1 pro 13inch

@@rhysmuir For a moment, I thought you were referring to the M1 Pro chips found in the 14/16in MBPs. I realize you're actually referring to the M1 MBP 13.

The base M2 air as bad as it is, it definitely doesn't throttle unless you do something really demanding for a prolonged time and in that case you bought the wrong laptop

Do you recommend MacBook Air M1 or M2? Can MacBook Air M1 16gb Ram and 512gb SSD get you through your 4 years of college? I am planning to get one for college for CS.

Ha! Exactly my place a few days ago. I have a razer 3070 and I refused to start the new semester with it. Got a M1 refurbished Air and I haven’t looked back either. Glad to see someone else had a similar experience and thought process 😂

I’m also questioning if my razer 3070 is even better than my m1 air. I’m almost tempted to do some testing, because I might need to toss my razer in the bin!

i think i'll be fine with my M1 in my university, since they probably only use Java and some python, i've got a PC running Mint at home as backup

I’m an Apple only dude so if it they want something not on Apple I won’t take the course

A lot of people develop for iOS which can’t be done on windows machines

As a small correction Android Studio has been running native on M series chips since about 2021. So android app development works great

i'm in the same boat - just returned my 2020 xps 13 2 in 1 because of a fan issue and am looking for a new laptop. how did you find the switch from windows to ios? how are you finding the m2 air after long-term use?

@@naadirah5100 Honestly the Base M2 air has been better than my XPS 13. Even though my XPS had 32gb Ram, 1TB ssd and a 4k screen, The Macbooks retina display is plenty and the battery life is awesome! Performance has been great as well since Mac OS is very optimzed for the hardware. Switching from Windows to Mac OS was a little bit of a learning curve but I got used to it after a week.

Did M2 Macbook Airs become that popular already?

Whilst I agree, the MBA is aimed at 'casual' and 'everyday' users, who may only ever plug their laptop into one monitor on a rare occasion, eg presenting at college etc. Anyone who intends to be a 'heavy' user, or wishes to use their MacBook in clamshell mode, with multiple displays, is likely to get the MBP regardless.

@@niallwood Exactly what I think. Only professionals need more than 1 display, and if you are a professional, you shouldn’t be getting an entry level Mac

@@Doc_Sans precisely. I do still think the pricing for the base MBA is ridiculously high, along with a decently specked one being nearly the same price as a M1 Pro MBP - but I ovbs understand the correct target audience for each device

It's not a bad laptop, but it is squeezed in between the MBA M1 and the MBP M1 14 - both better laptops. I don't see why anyone should get a MBA M2, unless they love the colors...

@@mplovecraft ideally Apple would have replaced the M1 with the M2 and kept the price the same. Certainly they have the margin.

@@RoastBeefSandwich Or they could have the current price, but given it the faster 512GB SSD as standard in the base model. Both ok options.

@@mplovecraft The SSD is a puzzling choice. Obviously a cost cutting measure. I'm not sure how much of a difference it makes in daily usage. But I agree, they shouldn't have gone backwards here at all.

@@RoastBeefSandwich It depends on the use case of course, but since it will be used as swap ram, it will make it quite noticeable in the base 8/256 version.

Prob she should try and get a refurb 14” pro if she can manage it, even if it’s the 6 P core one

Why would every user waste $300 on a dock that most people don’t need? Most users don’t even use both ports at once let alone more than that

hi. what do you mean limitations and mac os problems? the laptop is slow?

@@oskarmorozov4368 not slow. Fast actually, it's just there are so few programs run on ARM and Macbook in general. And because of the new chip It emulate window and window software horribly (not all of the time). Plus not everyone is using mac so u may have trouble with compatibility between colleague or study material. It's a great beautiful laptop on it's own but would get these annoying bits after some time (not a deal breaker if u are willingly to make it work)

@@hakona3094in many countries (such as Canada where this channel is from) macs are so popular with students that it’s actually the windows users who face the problems you describe.

getting a Mac for any 3D rendering suite seems like an absolute nightmare....

I don’t know if this is really the case but when I got my refurbished M1 the battery cycle was at zero so I think I may have got luck with a new battery 🤷🏼‍♀️

@@stopandsmelltheroses_98 was it refurbished from Apple? If so - they replace the batteries! (They seem to do a proper job refurbishing, making sure the product is functionally pretty much new, versus some places just cleaning the laptop and calling it a day…)

@@thehobnob Yes I did get it refurbished from Apple. I’ve seen some people do reviews on Apple refurbished macs and the battery cycle wasn’t zero though so I was unsure and their site only says a guaranteed replacement battery for iOS devices. I did get told when enquiring that they replace the battery so 🤷🏼‍♀️ but I definitely got a new battery so I was supper happy ☺️ most of the reviews on their certified refurbished products are really positive too so yeah they do a good job

And those gaming laptops are heavy. Carrying them around the college covers weight lifting workouts..

@@kane3681 facts

Oof I can't imagine lugging around a heavy gaming laptop all day, I think the ideal set up is M1 Air and Gaming desktop at home

@@orion10x10 the racer blade isn't really a heavy gaming laptop, its only 1.8 kg which isnt much heavier then the mac book. hell my flow x13 is only 1.35 and its has a 3050 ti and a ryzen 5900hs

@@orion10x10 it isn't heavy at all, and that's the reason I went with it. It's sleek and pretty thin. It's actually pretty close to a macbook pro, just one that runs windows and is black rather than silver.

I really like this idea, pls Mac Address more videos!

Personally, I'd go for a refurbished MacBook Air M1, a Macbook Air and an Apple Pencil. It costs a little more but it ensures that no matter what comes up in your college experience, you will have the right tool for the job.

Ouch!

@@undefinedbackslasher got my MBP 2020 and one month later the MBA M1 was released...

The M1 MacBook Air would throttle 12%. This M2 throttles down to 9%. I would be more concerned about the longterm use of the M1, more than the M2. It seems that one has more issues with that. Then again, it still runs laps around your basic intel MacBook, so these numbers are completely meaningless if the vast majority of people who buy this wouldn't be able to tell a 12% difference, let alone a 9% difference.

@@DammitJeff From what I've seen (this video included) the M2 throttles much worse and it has a much slower SSD for $200 - $350 more. idk where you're getting your statistic from but the M2 is a bad value, it's also why they left the M1 Air in the line up if Macs were starting at $1200 this ARM transition would be much harder for them, it's already kind of slow ngl we just barely got ARM native Discord

@@orion10x10 Go check out Snazzy Labs channel, specifically the newer ones regarding the M2 Air. He did lots of stress tests on it and came to the conclusions that back up my claim.

It’s not. Inflation hits hard

@@muffinb5446 Only because Apple wants it to hit hard

I'm in the exact same boat as you are, XD! Only exception is that I'm planning on installing LineageOS whenever I find the time to do so. I've been really tempted to switch to iPhones a couple of times but I like my headphone jack + fingerprint reader too much and less ewaste is always better.

"It is"

@@Justin_Leahy How do I explain to my girlfriend that she can't get the new fancy M2 because of "higher bandwith swap will lead the SSD's to page cache more often" She doesn't know what any of that means, man. And I can't expect her to. This Mac is oriented to the people who want something that just looks good and works. I have the M1 Pro 14" inch and specced it out because I know what I need for my workflow. But as a college student...? Man, she just wants something that's newer.

Not all students in the world are fucked (so hard) by their government, which doesn't mean they shouldn't think about how they spend their money

ok...

Why do people think all students have student loans/debts? There are people on grants or have free education options in many countries so they actually can afford newest laptops. I also believe this could be a nice investment for creativity purposes as people could try them at editing/graphics etc at a reasonable level with such kinda machine

Students like cool tech too - many non students like to buy expensive tech even when their financial situation would normally not allow them to do that. you are basically saying that everyone that has some kind of debt shouldn't buy expensive stuff - that's totally correct. BUT! expensive tech stuff is also just a lot of fun for people who like cool tech stuff in general. and even if you have debts - if you're being responsible with managing your money, you can treat yourself with something nice at least every 3-4 years. besides all of that: here in germany you can study for free.

damn the bots already got here

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