So we just had wwdc and we've just seen the brand new macbook air m2 revealed however how does it
compare to the macbook air m1 the generation that came out in 2020 well today i'm going
to do for you a macbook air m2 versus the macbook air m1 in specs comparison well let's get started
so then what we have here then on the left hand side we have got the new macbook air m2
as you can see and then on the right we've got the older generation macbook air m1 as you can
see here straight away just by the looks of them they are slightly different the macbook air the
most noticeable change if you can see it has got to be that new notch design at the top whereas the
macbook air m1 retains that older design that came in 2018 we've got a brand new design all together
first of all but let's let's get started with the comparison and first of all let's talk about the
display a little bit more so the actual displays that we've got here both of them are very very
similar technology indeed both have got a retina display and then led ips technology so there's
no difference here in the actual technology in the actual displays and how they work there's no
mini led light we get inside the 14 and the 16 inch macbook pro and also the ipad pro m1
that technology is not come available in the new macbook air m2 but the actual screen size
actually has changed a little bit here so with the macbook air m1 it was a 13.3 inch display
but now with the macbook air m2 it's a 13.6 inch display and the main reason is because
of that notch in the middle what houses the actual webcam now the actual bezels are a little bit more
smaller so basically we can actually have a slightly higher screen at 13.6 inches but
to be deadly honest as you can see here on the screen resolution it's not a lot just look at the
comparison here for both of them there's not much between them so with the macbook air m1 we get a
resolution of 2560 by 1600 whereas the macbook air m2 now has 2560 exactly the same by 1664. so it's
only 64 more pixels so you know per that actual top row there so you're only getting 64 more
lines of pixels going across the top well isn't that a lot really when you think about it's only
a slight enhancement in screen size but the actual width is exactly the same but just the depth is
the difference but the pixels per inch are exactly the same there's no changes here on the clearness
of the picture you're going to get it's 227 pixels per inch or 227 ppi for both of these macbook airs
there's no difference whatsoever the display refresh rate as well again very similar compared
to both of these macbooks they're both a 60 hertz refresh rate and they're not a pro motion display
either just like we got on the 14 inch and the 16 inch macbook pro where they can go down to like
10 hertz and all the way up to 120 hertz these are static at 60 hertz and cannot be adjusted
they will both maintain a 60 hertz refresh rate then moving on we've got the brightness and the
true tone and there is a slight difference here so both these displays have true tone and this
has been quite common for a lot of macbooks over the years but the macbook air actually with the
m1 chipset has a 400 nits display whereas actually the macbook air m2 has a 500 nit so the brightness
is a little bit more powerful on that macbook air m2 it's a very similar panel to the macbook pro
m1 and also now the m2 macbook pro with um that standard m1 and m2 chipset inside it's
very similar display to that now inside the new macbook air m2 moving over to processor and this
is probably the biggest change of them all so with the macbook air m1 what we originally got
was an eight core cpu and we had a choice of a seven core or an eight core gpu depending on which
option you picked but with the apple m2 it's a little bit different you still do get an
8 core cpu what is a little bit more powerful than the m1 in fact it's up to 20 percent
more powerful that's what apple are claiming but the actual gpu is a bit different you now actually
have the option of up to 10 core gpu so the bin version the cheapest version of the m2 comes
with eight cores so this is up on the seven cores that we got on the m1 so you get one extra core
there but you can actually pick up to 10 core gpu and if you pick that 10 core gpu option you will
get about a 30 more graphical performance or 35 percent more graphical performance compared to the
m1 gpu power what is really really incredible to see but it's not a massive leap and bound jump
like what we had from intel over to apple m1 but moving on though ram has changed a little bit as
well so with the macbook air m1 with the choice of either eight or 16 gigabytes of ram but with
the macbook air m2 you still get the choice of 8 16 or 24 gigabytes of ram now so that extra option
is a little bit more so if you do need to utilize a little bit more ram you can pick this option
but then for storage it's identical for both of these macbooks so the macbook air m1 and the m2
start with a 256 gigabyte configuration where you can go up to 512 gigabytes then one terabyte
then two terabytes you have those options to pick from then moving on for ports they are very very
similar except for the macbook air has an extra port now on the same left side as the macbook air
m1 and what it has it has that magsafe charging capability just like what we got on the 14 and
16 inch macbook pro that return of magsafe or magsafe version 3 is now on the macbook air m2
then for operating system both of these macbook airs right now fresh out of the box um run mac os
monterey but we will be getting that new version of mac os ventura coming out on both of these
machines and both of them will be compatible to run that and there'll be no major differences on
basically on features the identical features will work on both of the macbook airs for battery life
it's exactly the same again even though we might have a few extra cores inside the macbook air
with the gpu and compared to the macbook air with the m1 apple have claimed that they're both going
to get the exact same 18 hours of battery life well it's really really good to see that apple
are still making their chips more powerful with the m2 but still just as efficient as they were
as the previous generation charging wattage and this is where things are a little bit different
again you will get that magsafe connector with the macbook air but it only charges at 30
watts whereas the macbook air m1 uses a usb c charging and that can go up to 30 watts as well
but you can still use a usbc charger inside the macbook air if you want to do that the macbook air
m2 that is and it will charge it as well for weight wise the new macbook air m2 is ever so
slightly lighter than the macbook air m1 as you can see here it's 1.24 kilograms versus
1.29 kilograms so it's not a lot of difference at all with these then for stereo speakers they
are both available on both of these macbook airs but the main difference here is the macbook air
m2 does come with spatial audio built in whereas the macbook air m1 doesn't have that bluetooth the
technology is identical on both of these models it's bluetooth 5.0 so there's no differences there
but the webcam has changed a little bit now so now we actually have a 1080p webcam on the macbook air
m2 compared to the 720p webcam that we got on the macbook air m1 so things have changed a little bit
there for price rise end so for the starting price configuration this is with 256 gigabytes
of storage and eight gigabytes of ram what you will get for this machine is that you will get
a macbook air m1 for 999 us dollars and that will give you that eight core cpu and seven core gpu
whereas the starting price of the macbook air it would give you that m2 chipset and the m2 chipset
again would be that eight core cpu but you'd also get the eight core gpu you will not get the
10 core gpu insiders but it's 200 more for that slightly more powerful chipset and to be honest
in graphics and cpu we're talking probably both together about 20 to 15 percent more power in gpu
whereas definitely cpu it's going to be 20 because if confirmed there's no changes there
so you also get the magsafe and that better webcam and also you get a brand new color as well but it
will cost 1 1999 for this and talk about colors as you can see here we now have an extra color
available on the macbook air m2 and i'm sure this is probably the most popular color out there it's
now this midnight color as you've been seeing here in this comparison it's more of a darker
black color but we still retain the original silver space gray and gold colors as well just
like what we got on the macbook air m1 so will you be buying yourself a new macbook air this year
and let me know what model it's going to be is it going to be the m2 model or is it going to be the
m1 model so as you can see the brand new macbook air is definitely better than the macbook air
m1 however there isn't that many changes the main difference is that definitely got a new color you
do also have that magsafe port as well you've also now got the notch and the slightly larger display
and of course there is a more powerful chipset inside it was around about 20
more faster in cpu power and up to 30 more power in gpu power but still the m1 macbook air is
still a great buy to buy but still i could also say that the new brand new macbook air
m2 is definitely worth considering on your list like i said already guys let me know which macbook
you'll be picking in the comments below and also on that note guys it's time to wrap up this video
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