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[2022] MacBook Air with M2 Discussion Thread
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TSwestlife
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Jun 7 2022, 08:26 AM, updated 2y ago
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MacBook Air
All-new strikingly thin design and next-generation M2 chip. Featuring a beautiful Liquid Retina display, 1080p FaceTime HD camera, four-speaker sound system and up to 18 hours of battery life.
This post has been edited by westlife: Jun 7 2022, 11:05 AM
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TSwestlife
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Jun 7 2022, 08:55 AM
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QUOTE(moiskyrie @ Jun 7 2022, 08:50 AM) But I see the keynote, Usd just 1.1k if convert to myr also not reach 5k+... How come the price here become 5k+.. Is apple predict myr will continue to slip past myr 5 to 1 usd? Need to consider tax applied at different countries also.
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TSwestlife
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Jun 7 2022, 09:20 AM
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QUOTE(LightningZERO @ Jun 7 2022, 09:06 AM) Wanted to upgrade my old intel macbook air (though just 3 years old) to this new one. Love the midnight blue color. but that price is just too much for me. Think need to save for another year or two. the colours options given suprisingly are not as colourful as per the rumours. but still not bad colours.
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TSwestlife
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Jun 7 2022, 09:35 AM
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QUOTE(moiskyrie @ Jun 7 2022, 09:28 AM) Price already out... 5.5k for base model.... I think I will just get old m1 mba if really want change current notebook.... seriously, the price difference is not too bad... better SoC and better design.
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TSwestlife
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Jun 7 2022, 10:20 AM
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QUOTE(leetan33 @ Jun 7 2022, 09:54 AM) The new MacBook Air looks gorgeous, gonna grab it once it is out. looks nice indeed... but find that adding a bit more can get 512GB macbook pro 14-inch actually.
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TSwestlife
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Jun 7 2022, 11:02 AM
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QUOTE(IMF2025 @ Jun 7 2022, 10:23 AM) Is the screen bigger too vs m1 ? yes, slightly bigger at 13.6" now...
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TSwestlife
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Jun 7 2022, 11:03 AM
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QUOTE(leetan33 @ Jun 7 2022, 10:32 AM) Pro 2022 doesn't have MagSafe, surprisingly. serious the pro with m2 chip is totally a joke... the existing of it seems to just to improve the sale of the m1 and m2 air.
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TSwestlife
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Jun 7 2022, 01:26 PM
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QUOTE(Matchy @ Jun 7 2022, 11:45 AM) is the macbook air m2 is better than the pro m2? coz spec wise, almost identical. And the macbook air consider price increase? old model still same price?  of course air is better except less one fan. the rest of spec, air is better than pro unless u want the touchbar. air with m2 price increases.
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TSwestlife
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Jun 7 2022, 01:26 PM
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QUOTE(attw @ Jun 7 2022, 12:01 PM) Well, the based model is still RM4399, so no increase there. However the 8 core CPU and 8 core GPU model costs RM100 more than the previous M1 model but given it’s a new chipset and new design, maybe that’s justified. seriously justifiable....
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TSwestlife
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Jun 7 2022, 05:32 PM
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QUOTE(jagadis @ Jun 7 2022, 03:47 PM) But considering the fact that the Air doesn’t have active cooling, it might not be strong enough to sustain its speed over time longer time like the pro. The pro’s display also seems to be better. Anyone has the figures to compare these 2 displays? last time pro's display is brighter at 500 nits. but now m2 air is the same already. so seriously no reason for one to buy the pro...
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TSwestlife
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Jun 8 2022, 06:19 PM
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QUOTE(twtang @ Jun 8 2022, 06:10 PM) Don't forget abt the 1080p camera. It has been complaints about the 720p camera on the M1 MBA, and now the M2 MBP also using the same old camera. No one should buy the m2 MBP seriously.
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TSwestlife
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Jun 9 2022, 06:03 PM
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QUOTE(soitsuagain @ Jun 9 2022, 03:42 PM) Super dated design since 2016...no way Exactly.
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TSwestlife
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Jul 8 2022, 04:37 PM
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QUOTE(ericlaiys @ Jul 8 2022, 10:26 AM) No brainer.
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TSwestlife
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Jul 8 2022, 04:40 PM
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QUOTE(inkyoctopuss @ Jul 8 2022, 11:15 AM) Guys, is it recommend or ok to just take the basic model that is price RM5,499 (8GB Ram and 256GB storage) ? Just normal surf web, watching movie and some microsoft apps only? For light usage, 256gb and 8gb is fine. If Intel based that can do bootcamp windows, 512gb is min. Now m1 chip u are only on one OS it is ok actually.
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TSwestlife
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Jul 16 2022, 09:12 AM
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QUOTE(jagadis @ Jul 16 2022, 08:14 AM) But how bad is it. I really don’t need 512GB and don’t want to topup. I came from a 2015 MBP. Will this base spec ssd be any slower than that? Will I even feel it in my daily tasks? using chrome and running microsoft office apps. Btw, I upgraded to 16GB RAM. From 2015MBP certainly it is still going to be a significant improvement la. Dun see a big prob with the 256GB SSD even it is slower than 512GB. For daily tasks like web browsers or office apps it is still overkilled. Just find that 256GB + 16GB ram is quite a weird combination. But of course 16GB Ram u buy for future proof then ok la. The more the merrier anyway.
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TSwestlife
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Jul 16 2022, 09:41 AM
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QUOTE(47100 @ Jul 16 2022, 09:26 AM) 256 is fine. that’s why those reviews pushing the limit during testing, scenario where you won’t encounter on your daily normal usage, therefore you can say is suffice for normal user. Yes 256gb will be sufficient last time the Intel chip MacBook I will recon 512gb min for boot camp purpose. Since now apple silicon mac only runs macOS, 256gb is certainly enough for normal usage. Just if normal usage, can push to the limit to stick to 8gb also. (but if one needs future proof, of course no harm to go with 16gb) just the more u upgrade the more the price is close to the base MacBook Pro 14-inch.
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TSwestlife
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Jul 16 2022, 09:46 AM
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QUOTE(ericlaiys @ Jul 16 2022, 09:31 AM) 256 is enough for normal user. but the review from reviewer on m2 seem talking about performance issue when run out of ram and use swap file, then bad performance. been running 8GB and 256GB SSD-MBP 2017 , so far did not encounter issue . some reviewer also say 16GB encounter out of memory before. Refer to https://www.cultofmac.com/784236/why-you-sh...m2-macbook-air/Dun think the arguments are really true. They are making a lot of extreme usage on it to ‘justify’ the slowness. For real world user usage dun think it will be a big prob. Apple ssd is usually a lot faster than competitor one and it is way faster than any external ssd u can find now too. If one is talking about they can use external ssd without going for higher storage option for their MacBook such as 512Gb and above, they can certainly survive with the base ssd speed. But of course if one is really concern about the ssd, just go for 512gb for piece of mind.
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TSwestlife
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Jul 18 2022, 10:43 AM
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QUOTE(Pat89 @ Jul 18 2022, 10:39 AM) Tust me, Midnight indeed attract fingerprint when I tried out at SG last week. And it's visible....sibeh hurt to see all my fingerprint on such an expensive machine.... But hey....it's the new color.... hahaha  to be fair, most windows laptop also same especially those are in black. try on lenovo laptop, u will know.. for my office laptop, it always have obvious oily stains on the surface of the laptop.
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TSwestlife
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Jul 28 2022, 12:25 PM
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TSwestlife
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Jul 28 2022, 12:25 PM
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QUOTE(bansai @ Jul 28 2022, 11:56 AM) i bought it from physical store, thats the issue.... Then charm. I only buy from apple online always Becos can return.
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