I guess if there is one drawback to the M2 MacBook Air it would be that it is a bit of a fingerprint magnet. What Do I Not Like About the M2 MacBook Air? Whether it is true or not I don’t know, but the braided cable makes me think it will stand up to travel a lot better than the previous design. Previous power cords had the tendency to get kinked and deformed and the braided cable seems to resist that. The braided power cord is also a really nice touch. I have an older 16” MacBook Pro for my work computer and I am constantly struggling to find the tiny USB-C port and get the charging cable aligned properly to charge it. MagSafe makes it so easy to just connect the charging cable without even having to look much less see the charging port on the side of the laptop. Now that my kids are old enough that they won’t do that anymore I have another problem… my aging eyes. The last thing you want is a kid running by and tripping on a power cord and ripping your laptop down onto the tile floor. Back when they previously had MagSafe, I still had pretty young kids and really appreciated the extra protection that MagSafe provided. ![]() I have no idea why Apple did away with MagSafe in the previous editions of their laptops. (Image by Skip Owens)Īnd finally, I get to the MagSafe 3 power adapter and cable. With the M2 MacBook Air, I find the listening experience to be almost good enough that I don’t even bother reaching for my AirPod Max headphones unless I really need sound isolation, and I certainly don’t have any issues getting enough volume out of the laptop speakers. Obviously, headphones are a better audio experience, but with every other laptop I have owned before it was very obvious that I was using laptop speakers and the sound was just ok. When I’m not using my AirPod Max headphones, the laptop speakers are perfectly adequate for watching TV shows and movies. The Air simply powered through the entire weekend on battery.Īnother feature I really appreciate with the M2 MacBook Air is the built-in speakers. Even though I took the charging brick, I didn’t need it. My wife and I went out of town this past weekend and I took it with me. I’ve had the Air for almost 2-months now and I’ve only had to charge it a couple of times. The battery life is also darn near magical. It is so lightweight and easy to carry around the house and use anywhere. ![]() The light form factor of the Air is also really handy as I use the laptop in pretty much every corner of our house (including on our back porch or in our gazebo in the back yard). I absolutely love being able to open up the lid of the laptop and press a button with my index finger and instantly be working (or playing) on the computer. My favorite new feature (at least new to me) is the Touch ID built into the power button. Since we use the M2 MacBook Air for normal home use, the positive aspects of the machine are different than if I were a power user. These are both very different experiences as compared to doing them on my 5-year-old iMac. The only real-world-performance-taxing-related thing I have noticed so far is that rebooting the machine is almost instantaneous and turning on FileVault and having it encrypt my drive took no time at all. The closest thing to multitasking I use the M2 MacBook Air for is when I dial into my comics writing class and have Zoom up on the laptop display and take notes on the external monitor. Notice that none of these activities are by any means stressing the powerful M2 chip. I also use the Air for writing, both for GeekDad and for my comic book writing class. Since the MacBook Air replaced our home iMac I have been using it for scanning and processing bills, budgeting work, and more fun things like watching movies and YouTube videos. How Have I Been Using the M2 MacBook Air? So the M2 MacBook Air really came out at the perfect time for our change in needs. ![]() I needed a non-work computer that would allow me to dial into class and work/write while on the road. I am taking a comic book writing class and I am starting to travel again for my day job. The other reason for switching from an iMac to a MacBook Air is my non-work writing. We got used to mobile computing in varying locations around the house when working from home, so having a dedicated iMac desk computer for home use really didn’t make sense for us anymore. Because of our teleworking, the computer-related equipment in our house has changed quite a bit over the past two years to accommodate. Like many people, these days, both my wife and I work from home a good portion of the work week. Rather than go into depth about every brand new feature and tech spec on the new laptop, I wanted to review the product from the perspective of someone just using it as their main home computer. This review of Apple’s new M2 MacBook Air is written from a different perspective than most of the reviews out there.
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