It is, you get USB-C - > Magsafe cable in the box and can use it with every USB-C charger and of course still can charge over normal USB-C if you left Magsafe cable at home.
For all the people going 'it says M1', the website clearly hasn't been updated yet and the poster has jumped the gun. The M2 MBA has just been announced at WWDC and they're still in the middle of the presentation.
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Anyway here are the just announced specs
- 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU. Nearly 40 percent faster than the previous generation
- 13.6" screen, has notch
- battery life, up to 18 hours of video playback.
- magsafe
- 2 usb C ports so you can charge 2 devices
- still has audio jack
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera, twice the resolution and twice the low-light performance
- 11.3mm thin
- no more wedge design
- silver, space gray, midnight (blue), starlight (gold)
The wedge air design is the most comfortable macbook to type on IMO since it doesn't have the thick 90 degree metal edge digging into your wrist like the others.
I'm looking at a picture of the previous model and having trouble understanding what you mean, when on a table the surface where your wrists rest is still parallel to the table, and the top edge isn't rounded in any way. Only the bottom is rounded, but that isn't touching your wrists anyway.
My wife has an ancient Air, I use a Pro, and it's SO much more comfortable to type on: the lower-rise palm rest, the slight angle, and the less-knifelike edges all contribute to this.
Also: something about the aluminum used on the older Airs/Pros feels "softer" to the hand than the aluminum process/finish they began using starting in 2016.
Anyone have any real-world comparisons between the M1* MacBook Air and Pro models? I think the question for many of us going forward is going to be, do we buy the M1 MacBook Pro or the considerably cheaper M2 MacBook Air. Of course, the Pro has extra ports, but many of already have the requisite dongles or may not even use the extra ports.
I don't have a link but I read if you work air hard enough it'll eventually throttle your speed. It doesn't have a fan to cool down so it'll slow down to compensate. Anecdotally it doesn't sound like most people hit that threshold regularly though.
Much like the M1 Ultra before it, the M2 uses Apple’s custom Arm silicon, and it’s now
* Built on a 5nm process.
* 1080p FaceTime HD webcam
* New power adapter; two USB-C ports, allowing charge to 80-percent in 20 mins.
* 20 bln transistors — 25 percent more than the original M1.
* 18% faster CPU.
* 35% faster GPU.
* Next gen secure enclave and neural engine.
* Updated media engine that supports 8K H.264 and HEVC video.
This MacBook Air with M2 will be available in July starting at $1,199.
There will also be a model with a touch bar starting at $1,299 (?).
So, they are getting rid of the wedge design? I'm a bit sad to see it go, but it has been the same shape of the Macbook Air since they first came out in 2008. So long as it keeps a "thin and light" design, I'm sure it will still be quite popular. The latest MBPs are powerful, but a bit on the heavy side.
Wonder what the availability will be. There have been rumors of delays, and MBP orders were pushed out to mid-July. I wondered if that was just because they were going to be announcing new machines and figured people would want those instead.
So the Air joins the Macbook Pro 14/16 design language which is nice.
I find it strange that the Macbook Pro 13 gets an M2 but keeps the same design?
Does the Macbook Pro 13 even need to exist anymore?
Depending on pricing (including base storage), I might get one instead of the Air. It gives you an SD slot, which allows you to seamlessly expand storage in the future. But I still want to see more details on the new base MBP...they rushed through that faster than any hardware announcement I've ever seen.
The store hasn't been updated yet, but it appears that the 13" MBP is the only way to get the Touch Bar any more. Which is actually a thing that might get me to buy it. I'm one of the six or so people who like the Touch Bar.
I was hoping for a usb-c port on the other side. Also why did they move the speakers from the sides of the keyboard to the top? It looks like that space is just empty on the top of the case now.
The new charger is cool with two usb-c ports. I wonder if it's GaN.
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Anyway here are the just announced specs
- 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU. Nearly 40 percent faster than the previous generation
- 13.6" screen, has notch
- battery life, up to 18 hours of video playback.
- magsafe
- 2 usb C ports so you can charge 2 devices
- still has audio jack
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera, twice the resolution and twice the low-light performance
- 11.3mm thin
- no more wedge design
- silver, space gray, midnight (blue), starlight (gold)
That is unfortunate.
The wedge air design is the most comfortable macbook to type on IMO since it doesn't have the thick 90 degree metal edge digging into your wrist like the others.
One of the main reasons I got it
My wife has an ancient Air, I use a Pro, and it's SO much more comfortable to type on: the lower-rise palm rest, the slight angle, and the less-knifelike edges all contribute to this.
Also: something about the aluminum used on the older Airs/Pros feels "softer" to the hand than the aluminum process/finish they began using starting in 2016.
Yes please and a very good deal.
There will also be a model with a touch bar starting at $1,299 (?).
14 inch is too pro for me
looks like i have to buy the air now!
This was my thought too. It seems really odd to me to keep this in the line up (especially with the latest chip).
The new charger is cool with two usb-c ports. I wonder if it's GaN.