Washington Post compares Apple's M2 MacBook Air vs. M1 MacBook Air

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Originally published at: Washington Post compares Apple's M2 MacBook Air vs. M1 MacBook Air | Boing Boing

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I’m not sure I’d agree with that-- an macbook air with an M1 can be used to do real work, or play real games, and an intel macbook air has limitations.

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Less than half the battery life, for one.

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It sure should be an upgrade from the 2016 Pro with the designed-in flaw that makes it eat batteries that’s my current machine. Got it because the Air had stopped getting upgrades and my old one was getting creaky.

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M1 vs M2, skip the upgrade.

M1/M2 vs Intel… I’d absolutely recommend the M if you do any processor intensive work or need the battery life. The M1 lasts forever on a charge.

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Any Intel laptop to an M-anything laptop, totally worth the upgrade. Night and Day.

M1 MBA to M2 MBA, worth it if you do really processor-intensive stuff (video or audio production); otherwise the M1 already does what you need.

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Yeah, if you have a MacBook Air that old you’re running an Intel processor that’s about three generations behind the curve. The difference between the performance of that and an M2 will be staggering.

I must add, though, that I don’t think you should replace any computer that still does what you need it to do. My MBP is five years old, and my daughter got through the lockdowns using a 2010.

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