If you haven’t bought a new MacBook in a while, the new MacBook Air is looking like an absolute no-brainer for most people.
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Swiping between over a dozen apps felt smooth and instant, and the notebook was able to play up to seven simultaneous streams of 4K video in Final Cut Pro without any noticeable stutters. We’ll have to put the MacBook Air through our usual tests to see just how much better it is than the last-gen model, but it makes a promising first impression. That should make the new MacBook Air even more reliable for doing intensive video editing or 3D rendering, as well as playing demanding Mac games. The new processor has gotten an even bigger boost in terms of graphics, as Apple is promising up to 35% better GPU performance over its M1 laptops.
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The M2 has more transistors and memory bandwidth, which is a fancy way of saying it delivers up to 18% better overall performance than M1-powered MacBooks, while being up to 1.9 times faster than a competing Intel-powered Windows laptop. The new model will see the debut of Apple’s second-generation M2 chip, which promises some significant gains over that already-speedy chip. When we reviewed the 2020 MacBook Air, which was the first to launch with Apple’s own M1 processor, we found it offered a huge leap in overall performance over its Intel-based predecessors. Sure, the new MacBook Air looks great, but the biggest upgrades are under the hood. I haven’t been this intrigued by a MacBook’s design since the 2017 Rose Gold MacBook, and both the Midnight and Starlight Air models looked great in person. This is a refreshing change from the Silver and Space Gray that most Macs have stuck to over the past years, and gives the MacBook Air an extra weapon against similarly colorful Windows laptops like the HP Dragonfly Elite and Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 4. The MacBook Air 2022 is available in Silver, Space Gray, Starlight (gold), and an especially compelling Midnight option that coats the laptop in an attractive dark blue. For the first time in a while, the MacBook will come in a decent range of colors. It all comes wrapped in a 2.7-pound build that felt easy to pick up.īut here’s what really caught my eye. The latest Air is 20% smaller overall compared to the 2020 model, with slim edges that are under half an inch thick.
The MacBook Air was already one of the thinnest and lightest laptops out there, and it’s slimmed down even more for 2022. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account