Placed order on 24th July 2022 and it was delivered on 2nd August 2022. The shipping was surprisingly fast and earlier than the expected delivery date

I've bought the 8-Core CPU, 10-Core GPU, 512GB SSD and upgraded the Unified Memory to 16GB. I only started using it for about a week because I was hospitalised and needs to undergo surgery

After a week of usage, I'm very satisfied with the performance. I upgraded the memory to 16GB because most of the time I need to run Parallels Desktop for my work so most of the time I run both macOS and Windows at the same time.

I don't feel any heat at all even I'm working from home without turning on air condition, the MacBook Air M2 doesn't feels hot or even warm at all and the best part because there's no fan in it, it's just complete silence

My last MacBook was the MacBook Air 13-inch dated back in 2015 with i7 processor, 256GB SSD and 8GB memory. Decided to purchase and upgrade to the new M2 because lately most of the applications and OS needed more resources in order to perform and my old MacBook Air keeps giving me the 'colour wheel' issue which kinda frustrated me. Not to mentioned it gets heated up most of the time and kinda hot to touch it.

I'm very happy with the new MacBook Air M2 and I've got no complain at all. Although it's a bit pricey after upgrading the memory but I think it worth it and hopefully it can last me about 7 to 8 years like my previous MacBook Air

I've bought the space grey colour. Went to see the the Midnight colour at Machines but doesn't come to my liking and Starlight is too striking for me

Hope you guys are loving the new MacBook Air M2 like I do

This post has been edited by jimchan: Sep 6 2022, 04:14 PM

I bought my custom unit directly from Apple website, didn't know Switch provide such services

If I knew they got provide such services with instalment plan, I'll definitely purchase from them.

Thanks for sharing the info

I think maybe like you said, they need to use a special retailer account or maybe needs to go through some internal processes that's why it takes about 1 or 1.5 month.

I ordered my custom unit directly from Apple and received it in less than 2 weeks

This post has been edited by jimchan: Sep 11 2022, 03:43 AM

I didn't get any case because someone told me that if you use a casing to cover your MacBook, it might affect the cooling and it might get more heated. I'm not really sure since I didn't get a casing to try it myself

I got myself a Razer sleeve to cover it only when I'm on the move

Does the casing affect the cooling ya?

I'm using the Razer Neoprene Sleeve V2 - For 13.3" Notebooks and there's quite plenty of space for the M2 MacBook Air as it doesn't really fit perfectly coz the MacBook tend to me slightly smaller ya.

I purchase it from Shopee, the link as below ya:-
https://shopee.com.my/Razer-Neoprene-Sleeve...7256.8110968035

Before I made the purchase, I clarify with Razer and when they told me that the sleeve fit then only I make the purchase.

So far nope.

What could be the root caused that triggered this issue ya?

When you received back your laptop, Machines doesn't come out with a diagnostic report?

Ended the just replaced the trackpad for you or the whole unit?

You may try this seller https://shopee.com.my/drtech

I am using M2 512GB with upgraded RAM to 16GB.

Using it for work and productivity like emails, excel, word, PowerPoint sometimes YouTube and browsing on both Safari and Chrome.

Will run Parallel Desktop on Windows 11 and running macOS at the same time because some office task that I do needs to run in Windows OS.

I've been working from home since last year and I didn't on air condition in my living room and so far my M2 are fine. Don't even feel any heat at all.

Mild warm maybe yes but really barely feel it and won't makes your finger or palm discomfort, but for sure the weather these fews days are much much hotter than my M2.

Just curious, did you or someone from the company installed anti-virus or use your MBA to join company's domain that disable USB port due to company policy?

My company's laptop disable all USB port and doesn't allow to transfer any data via USB and block all access to the cloud. Basically the USB-C port only can be use as charging port only.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint do have such capabilities to disable removable drives.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft...&tabs=Removable

Sorry to hear that man. If your MBA warranty has expires or these issue doesn't covers in the warranty (that's why they quoted you for RM3.3k for the repair), you can consider to bring your MBA to third party technician to have do a diagnosis and see what's their findings.

If the price are reasonable, can consider to get it fixed instead of just using these 2 precious port as just a pure charging port only

P/S: Have you tried using those USB-C extension that gives you extra USB-A ports, HDMI and RJ45 port? If yes, does those works?

Yup, under the AppleCare terms & conditions, the battery replacement does cover while your MacBook are still under AppleCare warranty.

Subject to your that retain less than 80% of their original capacity. More info here at their official website