If you can’t get to a power outlet for a day or two, it probably won’t be a big deal with the MacBook Air M2, which got 17 hours and 10 minutes of use from a fully charged battery in our battery life test.
The 1080p webcam is an upgrade (but the notch is obnoxious)īecause the M2 processor uses its power more efficiently than the M1 processor, the MacBook Air M2 is about to pull out about five extra hours of battery life.
At a glance, the boxier, sharper design of the M2 Air shares more in common with the MacBook Pro 14 and 16 than it does the MacBook Pro 13 M2 or the MacBook Air M1. (However, we wish Apple kept the M1 Air’s Rose Gold option, too).
It’s a nice change of pace from the silver and space gray of years past. We reviewed the Midnight Blue model, which looks stunning and blends in with the best dark-hued Windows laptops like the Razer Blade 14 or Dell XPS 13. The lid is also easier to lift with a single hand than its predecessor’s lid, and the thinner bezels give enough room for a 16:10 aspect ratio display. The M2 MacBook Air is 0.2 inches thinner, but it doesn’t feel more fragile. It has a dedicated charging port, which frees up its two Thunderbolt 4 ports (the M1 MacBook Air needs to take up one of its two Thunderbolt 3 ports to charge). The MacBook Air M2 has a number of refinements over the 2020 MacBook Air M1. The new body offers quality-of-life upgrades But unless you plan on editing HDR content, the MacBook Air M2’s screen will prove exceptional for your needs. Meanwhile, the MacBook Pro 14 reaches 1000 nits peak brightness thanks to its OLED display, the Liquid Retina XDR. The Air M1 offers 400 nits of peak brightness, while the Air M2 can push up to around 500 nits, matching the Pro 13 M2. Where the MacBook Air M2 differs most notably over the Air M1 is in its brightness. Our testing revealed the Retina display and the Liquid Retina displays both support 100% of the sRGB gamut, 100% of the P3 color gamut, and 89% of the Adobe RGB gamut.
They’re both fantastic displays for color-accurate work, watching movies, and everyday productivity, though you may notice a difference when looking at a color ramp pattern or something like a colorful sunset with certain content. Just about any content you throw at it will look amazing.Īccording to Apple, the Liquid Retina display supports billions of colors whereas the Retina display supports millions of colors, but looking at them side by side, I didn’t notice much difference in normal use. The MacBook Air M2’s 2K LED screen (which Apple calls a Liquid Retina display) is beautiful. While both the M1 and M2 versions have a 2K screen, the MacBook Air M2 is also brighter and supports more colors.
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