Same for my wife's MBA 13 M1. I threw stuff at it CPU wise that heat up my PC laptop, and the temp didn't budge, but CiV definitely heated it up.
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15-Inch MacBook Air Reviews: The Sweet Spot for Performance, Size, and Value
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You are spot on..
Even turbo Apple defender, John Gruber, has seen the front end of this from Apple in the past
This is the ultimate college laptop. Wish we had something like this back in the day- I dealt with a 15" MBP that had a 900p screen, ran very hot and got loud when the nvidia GPU was used, and an SSD upgrade was $1k. We've really come a long way!
Ahh yes, the iBrigade Apple PR coming out with their “sweet spot” every time the company releases a new gadget.
So much journalistic integrity.
So much journalistic integrity.
Except that the MBA is a “sweet spot” that lots of buyers have been clamoring for, duh. [Not me, I prefer MBPs]
Smh. You really want to get sticky about definition? No kidding they have to send them back. That's why they're called review units.
Which is why he toes the line now and his "critiques" are couched in the most non-aggressive way possible to avoide upsetting his paymasters
yes I hear it, 6 speaker... 2 "big" woofer, sound is impressive.
13" sound good for the small dimension of case.
It’s far cheaper than I expected it’s a pretty good deal
I got the same deal! I was waiting for the release of the 15" MacBook Air but when I saw the Costco deal I jumped on it straightaway. The only "cons" (which weren't negatives for my use cases anyway) were the M1 chip and added weight. No biggies for me, as I don't need or plan to travel with or tote around my MacBook (that's what my iPads are for) and M1 vs. M2 is negligible to me.
MKBHD bashes Apple sometimes, and points out their asinine decisions and choices. I think he has enough clout where he could do that and still get invites to events and early products... Anyway in the 15" air review he was pretty lukewarm about it and kind of compared it to Tesla taking their most popular and best selling vehicle the model 3 and making it bigger to the model Y... Basically what Apple did here... he goes on to make it clear that its nothing astronomical or greatly improved... Just a bigger version of the entry level product.... I thought that was pretty spot on.. Not sure what more or less you can say about it.
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If Apple did ship 16GB as the base model but raised the price by $200, your next complaint would be that it’s too expensive…
It doesn't matter if they get to keep them
It's the access to the units at all, especially pre-release, so they can make the content they depend upon for viability
("review*" ready to drop when embargoes lift)
*we are being exceptionally generous with the term "review"
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Dammit.
If this MBA existed a year ago, I would've bought it instead.
I would love a reverse of my current setup: a 13" MBA and a 12.9" iPad.
Looks like I'll sell/trade both and get an 11" iPad and 15" MBA.
The combined weight will be a wash, so that's good.
All that said, my M2 MBA is still the best Mac I've owned.
If this MBA existed a year ago, I would've bought it instead.
I would love a reverse of my current setup: a 13" MBA and a 12.9" iPad.
Looks like I'll sell/trade both and get an 11" iPad and 15" MBA.
The combined weight will be a wash, so that's good.
All that said, my M2 MBA is still the best Mac I've owned.
I get that, but Apple asks no one to give them favourable reviews, that’s not how it works. People have been critical in the past with valid points/issues, Apple have still sent review units and even invited said people back to events.
Too bad these are paid reviews by people on contract. I wish Flossy Carter did a real review.
Yes. Until the next toy comes out which iJustine or whomever will proudly declare as the new “sweet spot”.
The fear and concern of "not getting units in the future" works wonders for Apple here
It naturally keeps reviews tempered a bit...and they get full deniability
You can get a refurbished 14" M2 Pro for the same price as the new 15" with the same RAM and SSD (16gb and 512gb). Their prices for all their laptops are absurd, unless you buy refurbished or closeout deals.
And to this day, the Refurb price for a maxed out M1 MBA (16gb/2TB) hasn't budged
It's still $1739 as a refurb that's 3 years old -- totally ridiculous
You miss heat. The M-series idles quite low and 1T extreme loads are always under 10W.
Not a single Windows laptop keeps 1T load under 10W. Not one.