Why you should get the MacBook Air 2022!
Posted by Tehillah Mwakalombe on 9th Aug 2022
The newest MacBook Air with a completely new design that’s the same thickness from front to back. Basically every aspect of the new MacBook Air has been updated or changed, it’s the biggest update
In addition to the design and hardware changes, this new Air has Apple’s latest in-house processor, the M2. It also comes with a higher price, it starts at $1,199, $200 more than the model that was before it, and a model with a decent amount of storage is $1,499 or more.
| PROS | CONS |
| Thinner, lighter design | More expensive |
| Much-improved screen | Gets warm and throttles aggressively under intense workloads |
| Much-improved webcam | Port options are still limited |
| All-day battery life | Display notch gets in the way of menubar apps |
| Great performance for most tasks | Midnight color gets covered in fingerprints |
| MagSafe charging is extremely convenient | Base model has much slower storage |
The new MacBook Air gets a lot of its design and shape from the MacBook Pro 14 and 16 that debuted late last year. it’s amazingly thin just a tiny bit over 11 millimeters and that thinness is immediately noticeable.
In addition to its shape, the new Air borrows the MagSafe charging connector from the MacBook Pro 14 and 16. It even comes with a color-matched braided cable in the box, something you don’t get on the more expensive Pro models.
Apple’s also giving you a choice when it comes to chargers. The base model Air comes with the 30W brick that’s been around for years. But the step-up models give a choice between a new compact 35W charger with two USB-C ports or a larger and more powerful 67W brick from the MacBook Pro line. That larger brick can charge the Air’s battery 50 percent in 30 minutes.
The Air’s keyboard and trackpad were lifted from the MacBook Pro 14 and are excellent. The new Air has a slightly larger display that’s noticeably taller than the old one. But it also comes with a notch.
Along with the new design comes a brand new display. The Air’s screen is a little bigger than before, 13.6 inches vs. 13.3 but most of that size is vertically since it’s a little taller.
Fortunately, the camera inside that notch is the same 1080p unit that’s in the larger Pro models, and it’s much improved over the 720p camera that was in the older Air and the new 13-inch MacBook Pro. It’s sharper, with more detail and just a better-looking image overall.
APPLE MACBOOK AIR M2 (2022) SPECS
13.6-inch, 2560 x 1664 display
Apple M2 chip (8c CPU / 8c GPU, configurable to 10c GPU)
8GB RAM (configurable to 24GB)
256GB storage (configurable to 2TB)
Two Thunderbolt 4 USB-C ports
MagSafe 3 charging
3.5mm headphone jack
Four-speaker sound system with three-mic array
Magic Keyboard with full height function row and Touch ID
1080p webcam
802.11ax Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0
0.44in x 11.97in x 8.46in (11.3mm x 30.41cm x 21.5cm)
2.7 pounds (1.24kg)
In conclusion, the M2 MacBook Air is truly an amazing device and it’s definitely worth a look. With its amazing power, slimmer design, better display and camera, and so many more upgrades from its previous models. It has the potential to be the main laptop for anyone from a high power user to a simple day to day user that wants a great device!