What is going on, everybody? it is.
Mike, welcome back to the Channel.
I'm very glad that you're back with me today because we are
going to unbox the new M2, MacBook Air.
This is the eight-coreeight core CPU, ten core GPU, one terabyte of
internal storage and 16 gigs of unified memory.
Now, this is $1899.
It's no small chunk of change.
Now, the question, I think, is whether or not you should
buy the new M2, MacBook Air or 12.9 inch M1 iPad Pro, which on
the surface they are very similarly spec, they have very
similar pricing options.
So we're going to go in and dig into that to figure out which
one is the best for you.
Let's get into it.
First up, we're going to unbox the M2, MacBook Air and
see what's inside.
Now, the device I have here is in Starlee and I was very
surprised I was able to go down to the store and pick this up
on launch day with really what seemingly had, you know,
a lot of stock.
There wasn't a lot of people that were asking for based
on my, you know, questions with the people that working
in the store.
And it's pretty surprising to me that these devices were
readily available based on the conversations I had.
Wow, that is super tiny.
I can't believe it.
It is so light compared to my MacBook.
Wow.
That is technically amazing.
But let's actually take a look what else is inside of the box?
Welcome Guide, Instruction Manual,
whatever you want to call it here.
Welcome MacBook Air.
Yadda, yadda, yadda.
I don't think we all care.
Let's see here.
Safety and precautions, environmental concerns.
Do we get a color matched MacBook Air sticker?
Um.
Sometimes these are really difficult to get.
There we go.
Oh, we do.
Awesome.
We do.
So this is a Starlight Apple sticker and this is actually
kind of cool.
Is it?
Silver is a gold.
It's no, it's starlight.
I have a Starlight iPad mini, which I love the color of it.
This looks a little bit different, actually.
Let's take a look at that.
I guess it's the same color.
Yeah, I guess it's the same color.
It's pretty close, at least.
It's not like Space Gray, where there's like ten
different space gray colors now, because this is
the 1899 version.
This should have the dual ports,
and it certainly does.
This is really cool.
I'm actually kind of excited about this.
This is a dual port.
I think it's a 35 watt usb-c charger.
And so you have two ports here on the bottom.
It's a very flush plug.
Looks nice.
A lot of people are surprised that the Magsafe charger on the
Usb-c side is not color match.
Now I don't know if people are paying attention, but it's been
this way for a long time, even on the HomePod mini.
So two years ago, the HomePod Mini has this side.
It's not color match at all, so it's the same white color.
While this really is a good looking color in this machine,
I'm glad I didn't go with graphite or even space gray.
I want to lighten things up, make it a little bit
more breathable, I would say.
I even went with the white or actually they call it
pale gray.
Master three is trying to get away from space gray as reasons
for this gray computer.
Let me know what your favorite color is down
the comments below.
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These two computers are very competitively priced.
We have a starting price of 1190 $9 for a core CPU eight
core CPU, eight gigs of unified memory and 256 gigs
of internal storage.
If you look at the iPad Pro, you can actually get the same
exact configuration minus the M2 processor because it's not
out yet for the iPad Pro.
At the same price point, you still need to buy
the keyboard, but you are getting the same exact
configuration now depending on what you are trying to
solve for, whether it's cost, whether it's functionality,
whether it's features.
This may or may not be a good comparison for you, but what
I'm trying to illustrate here is that at the price point,
you can get equal functionality directionally speaking, but get
a completely different
computing experience.
Now fast forward, I've been using the M2, MacBook Air for
about a week and I can say that honestly,
I love this device.
It is highly conformable to how I work.
I'm able to take in a lot of different places.
It's super light and it really is, I think,
a pleasurable computing experience, much more
so than my iPad.
And I didn't really expect that, which is why I
think that it might replace the iPad.
Now, in terms of usage, I think this is a device where many
people can get used to it and get accustomed to using this as
their primary computer, really with not a lot of effort
and not a lot of money.
I think that I might have overspent my machine.
I want with ten core CPU sorry.
Eight core CPU, ten core CPU, 16 gigs of RAM,
the one terabyte storage.
I probably overspent it and I would consider actually going
down one tier in terms of storage.
I'm not going to use it at video.
I'm not going to use it to do a lot of heavy lifting with,
you know, Photoshop, Lightroom, things like that.
I have a desktop computer that I use and it's not necessarily
something that I would use to or look to replace that.
Now, I think that for most people, again, if you are
going to buy, you know, you're purchasing a computer or
you're looking for a computer that's going to be able to suit
your needs for general computing tasks.
Even though the iPad Pro is really good, I think that the
M2 MacBook Air is just a bit better.
Now, you obviously know if you are the type of person that
needs to have, you know, a stylus or the apple pencil
and you would be better off with the iPad Pro.
That's you know, there's no doubt there there are
people like that.
And I'm not saying that it doesn't exist for me.
I think that the M2, MacBook Air is a little bit
better of a computer for most people.
The computing experience, you're going to get a really
relatable and a very conformable and familiar
computing experience on the MacBook versus the iPad Pro.
It's not necessarily a e comparison of which
one is better.
It's really about which one is better for you.
I think for most people, if you find yourself going to buy a
new computer this fall, whether you're going to school
spending your money, your parent's money,
whatever the case is that you're going to get a better
bang for your buck.
On the M2, MacBook Air, because it's more conformable,
right?
You're able take it in more places.
You're going to get a better computing experience.
I think that depending on, you know, your university and
their technology plan, you know, even though you can
use your iPad and there are apps for that, the apps are
good on the iPad Pro, but they're not necessarily the
same exact apps that you have on the Mac.
That's just how it is.
That's the nature of the beast.
We're getting there.
We're one step closer with iOS and Ipados 16, but we're not
there quite yet.
Let me know if you any questions down in
the comments below.
My name is Mike.
If you're interested in knowing what is an iPad or a six,
you know what's coming to the iPad.
I'll have a video linked right around here somewhere.
I'll talk to you the next one.