I like it BIG! - MacBook Air 15"

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Apple has usually reserved large screens for their (expensive) Pro lineup of MacBooks... until now! Apple has finally cracked and given people what they want, a MacBook Air with a screen large enough to actually work on. Will Alex be impressed with this new screen size, or have sacrifices been made to make this work?
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 The MacBook Air is great!
0:26 Unboxing
1:26 Weight and size comparisons
3:31 Design impressions
4:48 Sponsor - GoTo Resolve
5:20 Alex hates the notch
6:04 Screen specs
7:29 Keyboard and trackpad impressions/comparisons
9:44 Performance specs
10:16 Speaker and display impressions/comparisons
12:22 Benchmarking - Shadow of the Tomb Raider
14:28 Webcam and Mic impressions
14:56 Teardown and comparison to 13" Air
16:50 Pricing and overall thoughts
18:30 Outro

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@kaleroe 11 месяцев назад

Alex is the type of guy to knock on his MacBook before opening it.

@graemejohnson9025 11 месяцев назад

every review he does, ev cars, computers, laptops, he sucks up to the company.. to get more hits/views

@thekasperrr 11 месяцев назад

@@graemejohnson9025 What are you going on about?

@graemejohnson9025 11 месяцев назад

He is so fake.. does manufacture blow Jobs to get Freebie

@badadvice787 11 месяцев назад

@@graemejohnson9025 He usually starts out with the positives from my perspective. Starting out with negatives in a review isn’t a good idea unless you just end up having to roast it, then it doesn’t matter as much. These are all the negatives viewer retention drops and they don’t even see the positives. Maybe, maybe I’m wrong.

@thebestdamager7400 11 месяцев назад

Why would he ever need/want to suck up to apple? LTT is, as is openly known, not on apple's list and doesn't even talk with them. Also LTT openly criticizes apple when it does mistakes and the audience knows this. If anything, they would get more views for criticizing apple.

@Seanreagan 11 месяцев назад

I meaaannn, I had a 13" M1 Macbook Pro, and just picked up this 15" M2 Air, and i'm enjoying it so far. I got the super base spec at $1300 and i'm happy with it. I'm probably main use case though, about 1-2 hours of video editing daily, maybe 30 minutes for photo editing, and otherwise just light content consumption. No complaints from me!

@mophead99 10 месяцев назад

For photo editing and video editing what's the performance gains between the m1 and M2? I'm really struggling to find data to benchmark effectively!

@daftrok 11 месяцев назад

In what UNIVERSE is 3.3 pounds considered heavy for a 15" laptop? Hell, in what universe is 3.3 pounds considered heavy for a 13" laptop? Also the MacBook Pro 14 is $700 more expensive. All you need is upgrade to 16GB ram and will still be $500 less.

@random_bit 11 месяцев назад

Yeh but if you're a dev or pro you want the pro model sadly :( I was hoping the 15 inch would come with HDMI + SD card slot but nope

@vojtechvokoun 11 месяцев назад

@@random_bit wouldn't make sense, it would be too similar to the Pro for a lot of people

@MJWG2k 11 месяцев назад

I really disliked the weight test. Obviously a 15“ laptop is going to be significantly heavier than a 13“. I don’t know why they would compare it to mainly 13/14“ devices

@elpacoba 11 месяцев назад

@@random_bitwhy precisely? I can see the HDMI but sd card is way more niche

@ogheneovoojugo5343 11 месяцев назад

@elpacoba there are still many other positives of the pro...mini led display,120hz,a fan,better m2 chip,better external display support too

@MrSiKO12 11 месяцев назад

I’m surprised that it took them this long to make a bigger Air. This thing is gonna sell incredibly good

@labibh 11 месяцев назад

Their mac sales were down for the past year, thats why this was released. It will cannibalize pro sales, but overall sales will increase. Honestly a 15 inch model should of been released years ago.

@mikemcmike6427 11 месяцев назад

@@labibh the Mac sales were down from the last two years. But that was also the year of the M release and both were record breaking sales years. So ya they were down but simply went back to normal levels, not to some rock bottom horrible sales level.

@wotermelon_ 11 месяцев назад

@@labibh Mac sales were mostly down because most of everybody with lower end touch bar macbook pros had bought the m1 macbook Air and those with higher end waited and got the m1 pro/max so really the only sales were the new customers as most people use their laptops for 4-5 years, I don't think it will cannibalize pro sales as most people just settled for smaller screens rather than paying twice as much (during m1 generation), I think it will cannibalize 13' air sales as people will prefer a bigger screen for €200. Just my opinion :)

@stormbreaker82 11 месяцев назад

The reason the sqles are down isn't the size . Its when they desided to slow down the ssds inside

@officialANON001 11 месяцев назад

@@stormbreaker82 99% of people buying a macbook air do not even know what a SSD is. On top of that the only people who know about that are people who watch tech youtubers. Then on top of that people need to actually care. So yeah thats definetely not the issue lol. More so just everyone bought a M1 macbook and will not need to upgrade for 5-6 years.

@totallynotmyeggalt6216 11 месяцев назад

I wouldn't be surprised if the key travel is the same between the 13" and 15" models, but the additional flex of the larger chassis creates a deeper feel.

@ChrisJ972 11 месяцев назад

I really do not think the chassis of all currenr Macbook Models (13, 14, 15 or 16 inch) do have any flex… At least all my Macbooks since 2015 didn‘t have it, especially not while typing.

@totallynotmyeggalt6216 11 месяцев назад

@@ChrisJ972 You can see the keyboard deck flexing in the video when Alex pushes on it. It's certainly still a very rigid chassis for a laptop and probably better than any Windows laptop.

@edmn 11 месяцев назад

@@ChrisJ972 There is flex, but none when typing in a usual manner.

@Piketom1 11 месяцев назад

At the university where I work this is going to be a very popular computer. We have many faculty who don't need a computer to do more than basic computing for teaching and research but are dead set on having a Mac. In the past, they have always used the 13" MacBook Air but the display was too small for multi tasking. The 15" Air will fill that need beautifully.

@HardwareScience 11 месяцев назад

It would be unthinkable to see these laptops in Mexican universities, at lest from what I’ve seen. They’re relatively expensive and well, corruption here also plays a role.

@shapelessed 11 месяцев назад

Well, I've got the 13" M2 MacBook Air and quite honestly I was shocked by the performence of its CPU. That thing beat my Ryzen 7 3700X while consuming 10% the power... And before you ask why not M1 - The M2's efficiency cores are about 2x faster than in M1, and I use power saving on the mode a lot.

@GeckoClever 11 месяцев назад

@@shapelessed isn't that several years behind processor with transistors more than twice the size? Isn't ryzen laptop at 7000 now?

@xmlthegreat 11 месяцев назад

@@shapelessed are they? The M1 has had better battery life in every test I've seen.

@jasonhe54 11 месяцев назад

@@GeckoCleverRyzen laptop is at 7000 series (7040 series) but the 3700X is also a desktop CPU so not sure why they’re comparing a desktop CPU to a mobile CPU in terms of power draw. Though it does still the performance of Apple Silicon vs a desktop CPU that draws far more power. That might’ve been the point

@akapeegly6463 11 месяцев назад

4:23 lowkey glad he did that, no reviews are talking about the flex on the bigger foot print

@letsgowalk 11 месяцев назад

I find it baffling how reviewers keep saying how these Airs can’t handle heavy duty projects, and are fine for basic users who only surf the net and check emails… First of all, why would anyone spend $1,400+ on a device just to check emails?! They can easily do that on a $200 Chromebook or the lowest level iPad. I have the M2 13” MBA, and it’s been breezing through massive 4K video renders for months using Lumafusion. Heck, even my iPad Mini 6 is able to render 4K videos easily (albeit a bit slower). So, no. A $1,400 M2 equipped marvel of a machine is not just good for checking emails…

@CHiCguitar 8 месяцев назад

I'm watching this on the 15" Air and it still fits in my backpack. It's either sitting on my lap, a table or in my bag and it's not a noticeable difference from my 13" M2 Air. Ever since my switch to Mac I've been sad about the larger laptops being nearly $3000. The only reason I got a new computer from my old one because of the size. I am SO happy with it. I recommend this over the 13" 100% based only on size. The speakers were just a nice surprise.

@quantuminfinity4260 11 месяцев назад

0:19 “It is quite light, but very heavy!” -Alex

@defic 11 месяцев назад

The airs are Pro lites for software developers. Crazy long battery life, lasts 2 days for me (m2 13.6" air). For my projects, it is too fast to compile so there is no throttling.

@SpencerKraisler 11 месяцев назад

I can’t imagine the airs being used for SWD

@bassyey 11 месяцев назад

@@SpencerKraisler A craftsman will use the tool available to him. He will be judged by his creation and not the tool, well except for whiners with subpar skills.

@bielgaucho_real 10 месяцев назад

@@SpencerKraisler I used M1 air since launch and it is incredibly performant while lasting the whole day unplugged .

@Rick-vm8bl 10 месяцев назад

@@SpencerKraisler Been using an M1 Air with only 8gb ram for software dev since it launched. Works absolutely fine, with mutiple compiles going along with some resource intensive IDE's. It's FAR more capable than people who only look at specs realise.

@sangun123 10 месяцев назад

@@SpencerKraislerpre m1 you’re right but since the m1 they’re pretty good in comparison to other laptops in their price range

@nbrowser 8 месяцев назад

I just got one of these last week, 15" Air 1TB/16Gb in Starlight...I upgraded from the 13 inch M2 and it was well worth it for the extra screen real estate, it's an amazing laptop for what it is.

@valeriimeln 11 месяцев назад

Man, thanks for the durability testing (flex test), cause seems like very few youtubers really don't care about it (but I think a lot of consumers do care)

@AndrewPL5 11 месяцев назад

Nobody will notice or care...the thing about youtubers is they point out stuff that most people don't realize or know or care about.

@valeriimeln 11 месяцев назад

@@AndrewPL5 Agreed, but I'm just grateful for this guy for covering this topic

@MrMilkyCoco 11 месяцев назад

Honestly only razer makes durable feeling laptops like apple does. Most people wont care but its nice to not feel like the laptop is flimsy as heck. When I got the air for my mom i was like damn for this thin a laptop im surprised about how it feels. Like it could be used as a damn weapon >

@JustinEmlay 10 месяцев назад

Over 99% of users wont care.

@attilamagyar91 11 месяцев назад

Alex really got comfortable at the camera after many years.

@danidee3663 11 месяцев назад

I bought it and LOVE IT!!! I traded in my 13 inch M2 Air from last year...I definitely wanted the bigger screen.

@shervilgupta92 10 месяцев назад

Hows the build quality?

@malcolmportelli9059 10 месяцев назад

I have the 16 inch macbook pro m1 pro and honestly I think it is the best laptop I ever had and I had a lot of dells and hp. I can't seem to get used to the keyboard that much just because I am used to smaller laptops.

@OccupiedMuffins 11 месяцев назад

That whole section about how "heavy" the 15 inch is was kinda wierd, like 3.3 pounds for what the 15 is, is absolutely incredible and a small feat of engineering.

@chewsir 11 месяцев назад

A very small feat as LG, Lenovo and Acer make 15" laptops that are about a pound lighter than the Air. Still a good machine.

@justinyadao744 11 месяцев назад

@@chewsiruz they use plastic and wonder why the resale value would be 25% after a year 🤦🏻

@GuyGamer1 11 месяцев назад

@@chewsir I find a lot of people doing spec comparisons forget that the touchpad, keyboard, and chassis are equally as important for a laptop as the spec sheet. I'll take the extra pound for the laptop to be a pleasure to interact with. I've been looking for windows laptops (my apps won't run on OSX) that are as powerful as a MacBook Air, at the same price, with decent build quality. Zenbook seems to be the only serious contender, but the touchpad and keyboard are nowhere near as good, it only gets a third of the battery life, and has a lot of fan noise under load. However you do get an OLED. Apple processors are so far ahead in terms of efficiency. This means you can run demanding applications while having zero fan noise (passive cooling). The M2 pulls 20W under load and the i5-1350P (its closest performance competitor) pulls 65W under the same load. A laptop with a 1350P needs to make significantly more noise and triple the battery usage to get the same performance.

@theboynrw 11 месяцев назад

I like it BIG! I like it CHONKY!

@SirW0nka 10 месяцев назад

I'm actually more comfortable with the fact that the 15" weighs around 1.5kg than the 13" weighing 1.3kg. That 1.3 is quite heavy compared to alternatives on Windows. Anyway both weights are still very respectable.

@mark601 11 месяцев назад

Dell owner here and TBF they got windows hello in the bezel but the macbook's webcam is just so much better

@HiddenPants3833 10 месяцев назад

Thank you its great content. Good luck on your way to more awesome tech.

@aBeerFromHere7994 11 месяцев назад

0:55 Apple might use this tip and ship a 35W charger with 1 USB-C next time. LoL

@AzVfL 11 месяцев назад

There's a 30W with 1 port already

@kevinwetsch5209 10 месяцев назад

I really like that check joke. I've been there with Apple. I will never forget the day I bought my 15'' MacBook Pro. It has held up well over the years.

@nml305 11 месяцев назад

“This is getting heavy” *Is lifting like 10lbs

@forthesixagain2992 11 месяцев назад

I have the 13 inch air and just ordered the 15 inch! can't wait!

@toosafelol 10 месяцев назад

Personally I use the M1 air for programming and with the occasional compiling it never really gets hot since it's work load are just 5-30s builds.

@lerbyn 11 месяцев назад

0:18 "it's quite light, but very heavy" chose one you can't have both

@Raja995mh33 11 месяцев назад

They really kinda have to complain about SOMETHING because it's Apple. It's light weight but NO it's heavy 🙄

@fryfly5599 11 месяцев назад

productivity and cooling benchmarks would have been nice. Also for people like me that wanna buy a 15" laptop soon, how does it compare to a similar priced xps 15, especially regarding the batterylife / performance ratio?

@waytoobiased 11 месяцев назад

the performance-per-watt is gonna be quite good (Apple Silicon is good at that), although the cooling solution is...not great overall, all those things are gonna be about as good as or *slightly* better than the 13'' M2 air

@danek893 11 месяцев назад

Well, I’m just back from the store, 15” is heavy and it flex a lot if you one it one hand compared to the rest.

@catlover9998 10 месяцев назад

Even though it is not Thunderbolt 4 certified, it supports USB 4 which is the same protocol. It doesn't have support for multiple displays which is a Thunderbolt 4 requirement.

@smashallpots1428 11 месяцев назад

i still think the base model M1 air is a banger deal for someone who just needs laptop

@user-nl4ch1pz4x 11 месяцев назад

the wedge shape actually makes it feel thinner in hand, love my M1 air

@confusedwarrior4495 11 месяцев назад

M1 air is the best

@eTiMaGo 11 месяцев назад

Love mine, though I wish I got 16GB, I sometimes do pretty heavy work (Android Studio + Visual Studio + Photoshop) and then it starts to suffer and lag. But if I keep the work reasonable, it's just mind-blowing, especially the battery life...

@wotermelon_ 11 месяцев назад

a €100 for m2 upgrade is also very good

@thomasmoreau8297 11 месяцев назад

I rock that one..I edit in Lightroom and even did some Davince Resolve video editing! It freaking rocks!

@Wokiis 11 месяцев назад

I use the 13" for Photoshop, DaVinci Resolve etc, it's not breaking a sweat tbh. Many workloads requiring human action are actually "bursty" when you think about it. Like, you edit, it renders, you prepare the next edit, it has already cooled down. The important thing is then that it responds and does the job fast, which the M2 typically does. The final render might take a bit longer but.. to paraphrase Technology Connections here, I don't sit in front of my computer when it renders. I'm done. Often, it hardly matters. (Though I also have a desktop PC to send the really big render-jobs to I suppose ;)

@letsgowalk 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, it’s annoying how these reviews constantly say that MBAs can’t handle heavier tasks, and are more suitable for basic duties like emails and web browsing, as if someone is going to spend $1,300+ just to do that…

@duanmcinnes 11 месяцев назад

Great thorough review. Much appreciated.

@2nd-place 11 месяцев назад

The 14” Pro is the sweet spot for me. I’m going to upgrade to the 3nm based M3 Max next year from my Intel MacBook Pro. Should be a bigger jump in performance and battery, depending on how they balance it.

@defic 11 месяцев назад

Just fyi the 14 pro has the worst battery life out of apple silicon macbooks. And out of those the max chips have the worst battery life. Wanted to get the 14 pro but ended up with m2 air and love the freedom the long battery life gives. Easily 2 day battery life for software development.

@rayhananthaaa 11 месяцев назад

@@defic whatever it is, still miles better than the last Intel MBP 16. A huge upgrade for us

@AlejandroLZuvic 11 месяцев назад

What the guy before me said. I own a 14 M1 Pro and I love everything about it, everything, except battery life. I mean, it's not terrible but the Air is on a class of its own. That being said, while I do wish its battery life was better, I now can't live without the magnificent display and audio, it's too good, and I kinda need two external monitors.

@NetvoTV 11 месяцев назад

But even it is lighter, it still a thing to carry with some footprint, do one really benefit from a not so much more slimmer laptop? If it going to be your only computer, is 16 inch Max still better to get real performance gaming plus works? I using my 2012 15 inch MacBook Pro and I want to do game/app development, video & photo editing, AAA gaming and so on, I not sure where I will move to later hence PS5 seem not ideal right now, should I?: 1) get M2 Max 16 inch MacBook Pro 2) wait for M3 Max 16 inch MacBook Pro 3) get M2 24GB RAMS 15 inch MacBook Air+ Steam Deck

@chrisgraham6031 11 месяцев назад

⁠@@NetvoTVit’s not so much the extra thickness, but the 16” is a proper chonker in length and width too, and it doesn’t fit in many 20l or smaller rucksacks. The extra weight is very noticeable to carry around too. I had the option of both for my job, and took the 14”. I might be just used to windows machines, but the battery life has been phenomenal on it too! I’m not sure AAA support of Apple Silicon is really there yet, and buying something so expensive based on future promises is quite risky.

@BrandonNZ 11 месяцев назад

I just purchased an Apple certified refurbished 16 inch MacBook Pro M1 for roughly $100 cheaper than the 16gb / 512gb version of the MacBook Air 15. Absolutely winning in my books!

@mikemcmike6427 11 месяцев назад

I bought mine a year ago used. I was worried because I have the worst luck and literally 2 months laters rumours about the 15inch started circling. But now I’m content my 16inch is better in every way and was cheaper than a new 15 with worse specs. I paid 2300$ canadian for a 16 inch with 26gb ram and 1tb. It was only 2 months old

@spencercarruth9706 11 месяцев назад

So long as weight isn’t much of a concern, sure. The 15” Air weighs over a pound less than the 16” MacBook Pro, and that can make a bigger difference to many people than you would think

@BrandonNZ 11 месяцев назад

@@spencercarruth9706 agree. For me however the screen size and extra ports outweighed the benefit of saving a pound in weight.

@makasete30 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, I got that model on release (work laptop given to me) and it runs like a dream. It is heavy to carry out and takes up a lot of space in my work bag, but the battery lasts forever and it’s so quiet. I don’t like the notch, though. You got a great bargain and in my book the benefits outweigh (pun intended) the lightness of that MacBook Air.

@eriknelson5585 11 месяцев назад

If you’re a student this config with the 15in air is 1579$, close to 400$ less.

@HeisenbergFam 11 месяцев назад

"I like it big" I have a funny feeling Linus wrote that title

@Garrettdx1988 11 месяцев назад

I took a shot every time he said, "that said." I'm dead.

@mikemonroe9167 11 месяцев назад

Get the 15", upgrade either the RAM or the SSD, and live with the sacrifice you're making on the upgrade you didn't choose. To me $1499 is the threshold where anything higher and the money starts to not make sense. You have a refurbished 14" M1 MacBook Pro sitting there at around $1539 + tax. After that you're getting into M2 14" MacBook Pro territory. They would both be the better option at that point unless you REALLY desire the Air's portability and quietness. Just a suggestion from a current M2 15" MacBook Air owner.

@NetvoTV 11 месяцев назад

@rapu4 11 месяцев назад

I don't think the user can even upgrade RAM or SSD on Macbooks post-purchase anymore

@shervilgupta92 11 месяцев назад

Hey man, hows the build quality of the machine? Is the flex noticeable?

@mikemonroe9167 9 месяцев назад

@@shervilgupta92 it’s incredible. No issues at all a month later.

@mikemonroe9167 9 месяцев назад

@@NetvoTV while the 16” air can do all of these things surprisingly well. It’s probably not the machine you want. Especially if you are doing long sessions. I create music in Logic with it every now and then worry free. Completely capable.

@rechiecanonigo3800 11 месяцев назад

He’s complaining about the price of the base model 15” Macbook Air but there’s no other 15” Windows laptop that can provide the same performance, battery life, & premium build for $1,299

@vinyfiny 11 месяцев назад

Yeah $1300 seems pretty reasonable if you view it as a premium laptop/ultrabook (which it is realistically).

@mgaming7 11 месяцев назад

LTT bashes Apple every chance they get. Meanwhile Linus "I can not recommend ANY windows laptop until they fix the stand-by issues."

@jcfawerd 11 месяцев назад

@@mgaming7 and they mention it for a few videos and then letting it go, what a hypocrite

@prince_saini 11 месяцев назад

Last year I bought a Mi Notebook Pro 14. It has the same build quality as MacBook Air. Good 2k 16:10 display 16GB RAM 512GB SSD which has double the speed of MacBook Air's base 256GB SSD i5 11th Gen which is more than sufficient for my software development needs. All the ports USB, HDMI, Type-C, Thunderbolt 4 ⚡ And it costs half the price, just $650 😅 (It can also run GTA V 😉)

@vinyfiny 11 месяцев назад

@@prince_saini MacBooks are overpriced when considering what Apple spends to make one, but the M2 will beat the brakes off an 11th gen i5 in a number of CPU intensive tasks while using substantially less power. When Apple was using Intel chips there was very limited reason to buy a MacBook over a comparably equipped Windows laptop, but with Apple silicon the combo of long battery life and top tier performance are basically impossible to beat (if you need it).

@drk_dst 10 месяцев назад

Talking about the notch brought up the thought in my head if they might turn it into a dynamic island 🤔

@Melchirobin 11 месяцев назад

5:53 compare the camera quality. The notch does not need to be as wide as it is but the sensor size does make a good deference.

@thepenguin9 11 месяцев назад

Tell you what I think they've nailed the mac book design, the distinct edges are just super crisp 👌 👌 (I hope that makes sense it helps if you imagine running your finger over the edge)

@seljd 11 месяцев назад

17:17 "it starts at $1300" I just checked, it's 1740€ for the base model here in Slovenia

@TechMediaLifr 11 месяцев назад

US prices always without Tax...

@LAndrewsChannel 11 месяцев назад

US prices are always before any taxes or fees so no surprises there.

@GeckoClever 11 месяцев назад

@@TechMediaLifr Tax isnt 33% in Slovenia either. So what's your point?

@awwastor 11 месяцев назад

VAT is included in the price in Slovenia, and it's higher there on computers than in the US

@TechMediaLifr 11 месяцев назад

@@GeckoClever that you still can‘t base it off of the US price. It should be 1450€ with the current exchange rate and 22% Tax in Slovenia, but that‘s Apple for you. They gladly take more for a weak Euro, but don‘t give back for a strong one.

@SuperHawk54 10 месяцев назад

It’s very very impressive and the fact that I have the 2020 Intel i3 MacBook Air and upgrading to this MacBook Air M2 15 in 2023 , im definitely going to excited when I get it since it will be my first MacBook with the new M2 chip when I never had an M1 chip MacBook so it’s going to very interesting but yet excited for the performance! I got the 24GB RAM with the Base storage since I have an external HDD

@thinkpadherrenrasse4334 11 месяцев назад

Got all day battery on Air M2 on my case (Zoom meetings, lots of Chrome tabs, emailing). So instead of getting a huge powerbrick, I got one of that tiny 30W GaN charger and charge the laptop overnight (not worried about the charging speed). In case I need some juice outside, I have my 10,000mAh 20W power bank that I can plug in anytime.

@lekalotte2825 11 месяцев назад

What's the weight difference / advantage?

@Darthwriter 11 месяцев назад

Nice video, thanks. I purchased one on day one and did have the 13" M2 prior. Not sure why you think the keyboards were somehow different. I went back and forth and they felt identical for the couple days I had both at the same time. Overall, I really enjoy typing on the 15. But those kinds of things are obviously very subjective. Again, thanks for the vid.

@elliotlewis9333 11 месяцев назад

why would you buy a brand new laptop when you already had the brand new 13" version? Do you not consider the environmental concerns when consuming a brand new LAPTOP that is basically a bigger version of the same you already have? It just seems wasteful to me.

@CallumAi 11 месяцев назад

@@elliotlewis9333 I doubt he’s putting the old one in a drawer and never using it, or throwing it away… If he sells it or hands it down, someone else gets to use it without environmental cost.

@geetarwanabe 11 месяцев назад

In 2023, Apple are still wanting £800 extra to go from 256GB to 2TB SSD (no definition of what speed), extra £400 256GB to 1TB, extra £400 to go from 8GB to 24Gb "memory" (no definition anywhere on what type or bandwidth it is) Fully decked out 15" will set you back £2600 excluding the preinstalled software. Just insane markup

@kanji.debian 11 месяцев назад

Yeah, it is definitely expensive, I don't understand why he says it's not. The upgrade pricing is a joke. At least it should be user upgradeable, so only non technical dumb users would pay the Apple troll fee.

@jakub7244 11 месяцев назад

256GB is again shit SSD with low speeds, so basically 512+ is mandatory if you want fast SSD. And paying 200€ for 512GB ssd upgrade is a scam in 2023.

@adredy 11 месяцев назад

i know this is never change 16-512 now is minimum 256 sounds like phone or tablet

@shanecoleman2937 10 месяцев назад

Unified memory sadly means RAM upgrades won't be a thing. Agreed on the SSD though. Apple could just stick a M.2 NVME slot on the device and I don't believe for a second that thinness or performance would be impacted.

@car_tar3882 8 месяцев назад

I imagine the notch space was needed for the camera and if that is the case than the question is would you rather have a giant bezel with the menu bar under it or a moth with th menu bar to the side of it

@bogxd 10 месяцев назад

4:44 Alex is manhandling these

@richmahogany1710 11 месяцев назад

isnt it about time they just renamed the air to the macbook now that there's only the air and the pro?

@doniscoming 11 месяцев назад

I love the laptop but 8GB of ram for 1300usd is INSANE...

@bastienx8 11 месяцев назад

Except that you can do basically the same with 8GB of ram on macOS as with 16GB of ram with windows

@doniscoming 11 месяцев назад

@Bastien Cron haha yeah lets list things You can do on MacOS vs. Windows, so You feel better about Apple ripping us off...

@jamesbuckwas6575 11 месяцев назад

That heavily depends on the workload you are running, never mind the fact that you'll need to over-spec the laptop anyway in case you decide to (god forbid) change the workload you perform on your $1000+ laptop and you can't upgrade it after the fact.

@bastienx8 11 месяцев назад

@@doniscoming Well, on my friend's M1 macbook air I can edit 8k video reasonably well, run Stable Diffusion locally, or do light things for more than 15 hours. And that's with a 2020 thin and light laptop that costs less than 1k$. I'm curious to know which windows laptops can do the same

@jcfawerd 11 месяцев назад

You should see how much Microsoft is charging for its surface..... Intel Core i5 + 8G RAM + 256G costs $1100 (without promotion), ARM SQ3 + 8G + 256G costs $1200, it's not even as fast as M2

@LukaSauperl 11 месяцев назад

Uff... The screen reflections are brutal!!

@Bethos1247-Arne 9 месяцев назад

the notch is not intrusive as the screen adds the 2% extra height just for ne notch, which either divides the menu bar or is invisible (blanked out with black background) in fullscreen mode. The HDR display is only useful for HDR content. I rather have a slightly larger SDR screen for my every-day work.

@savagepro9060 11 месяцев назад

"I like it BIG!" . . . same thing my wife said, BUT, all I had was 12"

@surfntrucks 11 месяцев назад

Pro tip for the MacBook Air M2. Get the 16gb RAM and install your pro apps and games on an external M.2 SSD. This will keep your internal free for swaps etc. This works even for the base MacBook Air M2. Keep all of your lighter productivity apps on the internal.

@peanuts.13 11 месяцев назад

I guess the point is that you shouldn't have to do that without selling your kidney

@4riel 11 месяцев назад

lmao

@ITZZHIRO 11 месяцев назад

im going into a computer science degree in september and i'm on the verge to get the air 15 or a refurbished 14 pro m2 mid spec for 200 more which one is more worth considering the laptop will be used for university work, loads of word and powerpoint files and coding with studio code?

@sleepysonic 11 месяцев назад

That's really nice if Apple is starting a trend of USB-C ports always remaining connected when the others are loaded. It's the behaviour people want, even if it's not as simple as that.

@pranav3312 10 месяцев назад

i dont understand... what do you mean?

@DrMacintosh 10 месяцев назад

What are you even saying?

@kevin_spanish 10 месяцев назад

Bro had a stroke while typing this

@bobandboby 11 месяцев назад

I wonder how well base model Air will perform with Windows laptop of the same price when doing real life workflows that are not gaming framerates or blender or syntetic benchmarks. E.g. code compiling, compressing files, running python or javascript code, docker builds etc.

@davidfodre1375 11 месяцев назад

It's obvious, the Air will choke fast and the Windows laptop will take over, especially for something long, like compiling Firefox

@shapelessed 11 месяцев назад

Web dev here. Although web isn't generally multi-threaded by design, the backend side (Node) uses multiple threads for async actions, I do also play with Rust a bit and I tested it here a bit too, so here is what I'm gonna say - The base M2 beats my Ryzen 7 3700X PC in code compilation and the IPC is like 40% higher. Generally, that thing never broke a sweat. My Ryzen CPU would probably need like 10 to 12 cores to reach the speed of the M2 if we set them both to the same power level.

@dominikhanus9320 11 месяцев назад

Windows laptop of the same price is very vague naming. I think in comparison to windows device with similar price, similar size/weight and same form factor style (thin and light) I’d guess the Air would keep pretty competitive and completely obliterate the device on quality of life metrics (power on battery, fan noise an battery life)

@mrmoosetachio 11 месяцев назад

@@shapelessed 3700x? That's a, what, 4 year old processor now? 5 years? Compared to the new Mac? Yea the 5xxx and 7xxx processors you'd find in laptops today would smoke the 3700. Not a great comparison for laptops today. But good to see you had a big upgrade personally!

@bastienx8 11 месяцев назад

@@mrmoosetachio The 3700X is a desktop cpu with several times the power consumption. I dont know if a 5xxx or 7xxx laptop cpu beats a 3xxx desktop cpu

@micosstar 9 месяцев назад

11:11 lol; wish we had more of these fun moments in laptop reviews (:]

@Merjia 11 месяцев назад

Finally. I've been waiting for this. I can't decide to buy anything until I've heard it crab raved.

@suryakamalnd9888 11 месяцев назад

"I like it big" -tHaTs wHaT sHe sAiD Me: so Linus started to write video titles 😂

@Cceptus 11 месяцев назад

Alex you’re my favorite dude love your honesty and energy seriously you’re one of the best

@deletegarbage-my2jl 11 месяцев назад

he's far from honest.

@Cceptus 11 месяцев назад

@@deletegarbage-my2jl go back to 4chan

@krims254 10 месяцев назад

Not sure to get this or the counterpart dell xps 15. Similar price range too.

@RebelBoringly 11 месяцев назад

Does it have the same SSD….quirks? As the M2 air? Have to upgrade storage to not have throttled performance?

@Neoxon619 11 месяцев назад

I still wish they put in some bigger speakers for the larger version, as the empty space on the sides look weird without speaker grills.

@IdentifiantE.S 11 месяцев назад

It seems pretty obvious i hope too

@neerajkarunanidhi6804 11 месяцев назад

I would’ve liked 2 more USB C ports. Having only 2 ports on a 15 inch laptop is inexcusable. I understand the logic with the 13’ but this feels bad.

@GrzegorzMikos 11 месяцев назад

15" has 6 speakers while 13" has 4, so what are you on about?

@lars2894 11 месяцев назад

They did. The MBA 15 has 6 channel vs 4 channel on MBA 13.

@kzed 11 месяцев назад

It does have more speakers

@nickiebanchou 11 месяцев назад

it still saddens me to basically now have no other choice than dropping a 4 figures sum, AND being stuck to MacOS, ( and of course the repairability of a tablet) if you want a laptop that has a day of battery and good screen and speakers ... 😢

@sabbath9503 10 месяцев назад

Asahi Linux looks like a great option if you really dislike MacOS, and it's something I'm going to start using when I buy my first Macbook during the M3 release. Most of my gripes with MacOS come from window management and the non-standard modifiers, but there are workarounds for my issues, like using Yabai for window management. Homebrew works well enough, and all of my work takes place in a browser and a terminal. The only thing I dislike about the Air is the keyboard not having a black background like the Pro, but I don't use the laptop's keyboard anyway, so I shouldn't really worry about that.

@adampeacock7992 6 месяцев назад

I dunno whether to get this or a new iMac. I need a new desktop but have no portable option and maybe the 15 inch air would cover both bases to some degree?

@acidburstman 11 месяцев назад

here I am always babying my laptops whenever I handle them. Meanwhile OP bends it in every possible direction lol

@kdupuis77 11 месяцев назад

I’ve had the 16” M1 Pro base model since launch and loved it, but over time have grown to realize it is far more machine than I could ever use, quite beefy/heavy for my use case nowadays and was looking to downsize. I had ordered the 14” M2 Pro and was liking it until WWDC dropped the 15” Air. Fortunately was able to get a hold of one within my return window. Ultimately, decided to keep the base model 15” Air and pocket the $650 net refund by returning the 14” Pro. This thing is absolutely perfect for Office tasks, web browsing, email and video watching/light gaming. I feel the $650 savings combined with the enhanced portability and bonus larger screen (though of course not as nice as the Pro) makes it perfect for me, especially since I tend to upgrade every couple years anyhow. Overall very happy with this guy!

@NetvoTV 11 месяцев назад

@geroni211 11 месяцев назад

@@NetvoTV well you are doing video editing, this guy isn't. So for him, extra power isn't really usefull whereas for you it might be

@timblewee 11 месяцев назад

Wow, the bigger one is heavier than the smaller one! Who would have thought?

@Toby-vj3os 10 месяцев назад

Pretty weak if 3.26lbs is a deal breaker considering the solid construction and battery life. Lol my first laptop in the 90’s was like 5 lbs and a inch thick with 4 MB ram and something like 80 mb HD. Then you needed to carry a extra pound power brick just to plug it in cause battery life was about 1.5 to 2 hours. Took about 5 mins to come on to a useable state. And DOS/WinNT a freaking nightmare So for. 15 inch MacBook this is a dream

@Thewaterspirit57 10 месяцев назад

Was kinda hoping the 15 inch air would have one extra USB-C port, cuz it’s bigger, but not thicker for the extra stuff.

@JustinEmlay 10 месяцев назад

According to the Apple website those ports are Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports.

@abc123fhdi 11 месяцев назад

he's complaining when the 15" air weighs less than the 14" pro and every other 15" laptop. If you want light just for lightness then get a 13" and sacrifice screen area. If you want it to still be light and have screen get the 15 air.

@dgblkbelt 11 месяцев назад

He's right! It's 30% heavier than truly light 15 inch machines, and even slightly heavier than an LG gram 17!

@abc123fhdi 11 месяцев назад

@@dgblkbelt yeah but those are made out of plastic and feel cheap, more likely to get scratched or cracked, would rather have something nicer and more durable that I can trade for near original value in a couple years.

@dgblkbelt 11 месяцев назад

@@abc123fhdi That has nothing to do with your erroneous original comment. There are lighter machines, period. And magnesium alloy is not plastic. And my 2019 LG gram 17 is still going strong with no problems to date after hundreds of thousands of travel miles. The "Air" is comically heavy by lightweight machine standards.

@mccullummedia 11 месяцев назад

I feel like I’m the only one who could care less about the weight of a device. I have three backpacks of camera gear and computer tech that I bring everywhere with me. Plus the heavy weight is equal to quality.

@thomasflinn4622 9 месяцев назад

Love the videos! Might I ask what desk pad you have?

@JordanSparkes 10 месяцев назад

That black one looks sick.

@mayanksingh1189 11 месяцев назад

Alex, Anthony and Linus are the best in business for LTT. So much detail, and their way of explanation and presentation are immaculate. 👍👍

@thekasperrr 11 месяцев назад

I love alex

@azothony8509 22 дня назад

I don’t know why this happened but I screamed a lil bit when you threw it lmao 0:12

@piotrgrzonkowski9220 11 месяцев назад

There should be a trigger warning for every video Alex handles stickers 😂

@seeseasaw 11 месяцев назад

should have extra port

@mrbobgamingmemes9558 11 месяцев назад

True, dongles will significantly reduce portability

@Revon-Feuer 11 месяцев назад

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID HAHAHAHA

@dudebro4089 11 месяцев назад

LETS GOOOO😂😂😂😂

@Revon-Feuer 11 месяцев назад

@@dudebro4089 😂

@xp8969 11 месяцев назад

@@dudebro4089 dude, bro

@Revon-Feuer 11 месяцев назад

@@xp8969 WAIT I DIDN'T REALIZE, HIS FUCKIN NAME 😂

@Flocano 11 месяцев назад

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@brhill2 11 месяцев назад

All right, I've narrowed it down to MacBook Air with 16Gb ram/1Tb storage or the Lenovo slim/Yoga Pro 9i 32Gb ram/1Tb storage with mini-LED screen. Any thoughts?

@barbrooo8022 11 месяцев назад

All depends on your use case and expected needs/wants.

@ialrakis5173 11 месяцев назад

stupid question, isn't there a 2 - 1 cable to still charge at full capacity from that dual brick?

@viper627 11 месяцев назад

"Quite light but very heavy."

@simplicity8480 11 месяцев назад

NGL, It will never not feel weird to have apple content on short circuit so far out in front of any potential review of that same product on Mac Address.

@TalesOfWar 11 месяцев назад

Expect a much more in-depth "we actually used this as a daily driver for a while" type content from Mac Address, rather than this first look.

@budokai910 11 месяцев назад

@@TalesOfWarand with an actual reviewer

@zebedeesummers4413 11 месяцев назад

@@budokai910 This person is a reviewer they are just not currently doing a review.

@DarveshSD 10 месяцев назад

can you do a video on the entire lineup of MacBook laptops from apple?

@KakashiHatake-qz1sk 10 месяцев назад

if possible, looking for a review on msi gp76 (alderlake and 3080 gpu.)

@Justin-ro8uj 11 месяцев назад

Apple's notch-driven design aesthetic is one of the clunkier things they have done as a company. There is no reasonable justification for a notch that massive, especially in a laptop without facial recognition. I get that the intent is to add FaceID later with the space they have already created but it looks terrible and lazy which is a shame because their silicon and overall build are miles ahead of the competition.

@ILoveGrilledCheese 10 месяцев назад

No justification for a notch? You mean like for the faceid? Where was this energy when Samsung and Google did the notch lol

@Justin-ro8uj 10 месяцев назад

@@ILoveGrilledCheese Google got clowned for the massive notch on the Pixel 3 XL. Samsung only used it in their A-series and quickly switched to hole-punch style cutouts. At least in the iPhone you can kind of justify the notches because of FaceID (even though TouchID was more reliable, faster, and more secure). But a notch this massive on the Air with no facial recognition is ugly and pointless. I am an iPhone 13 Pro user btw, I don't hate Apple, but wow do they make some stubborn decisions from time to time.

@theogKavani 8 месяцев назад

“Miles ahead of the competition” is a bit of a stretch lol

@avieshek 11 месяцев назад

256GB SSD and 8GB RAM is just smartphone territory in this age which is a joke for a laptop especially in that price range. Could you test the screen response times now that Apple is taking 'gaming' into focus?

@Pasi123 11 месяцев назад

8GB RAM and 256GB SSD was common in laptops a decade ago. It's crazy how a 1649€ laptop has so low amount of RAM and storage in 2023, and unlike 10 years ago, you can't upgrade anything

@andreadongo5514 11 месяцев назад

Hahhahahaha! You used the soundtrack of Hot Wheels Unleashed for the background music! Nice! 😂

@jjjj-ms1ln 10 месяцев назад

do macbook + lightweight linux mean the best battery on laptops?

@davido3530 11 месяцев назад

Put thermal pads on it

@Raja995mh33 11 месяцев назад

No, don't. It will kill your warranty and will also extremely hurt your battery because the chassis heats it up. This thing is very well designed. The people at Apple are not stupid.

@davido3530 11 месяцев назад

@@Raja995mh33 1. Legally, in the USA, it wont. 2. The heat that makes it to the battery is a trivial amount that won't hurt it in any noticeable way. The added heat makes the device uncomfortable to have in your lap during extended heavy workloads such as code compilation, but for some, the benefits outweigh that.

@julfy_god 11 месяцев назад

that notch is terrible! waiting for your reviews of laptops with new amd line up of u- and hs-processors

@user-fc8uh3dl6l 9 месяцев назад

I didn't know apple made a 15 inch MacBook Pro 14:25 I like it BIG- MacBook Air 15"😌Thanks for the help with deciding weather I should get one of these or not.

@Evie0133 11 месяцев назад

0:17 It’s literally only 80 bucks more for a larger display and better speakers lol (once you match the specs and included charger)

@Augustus_Imperator 11 месяцев назад

I'm one of those who wanted a laptop to just do laptop things, I'm not playing valheim or something on it, that's why the two most important things for me are keyboard and thermal upgrades, and I'm sad to see the results on those two things from Apple. I would gladly pay the same amount of money for a M1 and instead get better thermals and keyboard, but I can't sadly, I'll buy an other HP instead of a new MacBook it seems.

@GeckoClever 11 месяцев назад

@@destructodisk9074 He's reviewing size, weight, speakers, performance, display, and even price. Are you mentally damaged?

@Augustus_Imperator 11 месяцев назад

@@destructodisk9074 Iinus did a review of the one that is being compared here, and he wasn't reaIIy Iiking the thermaIs, they are worse than a 13" M1 1st gen

@mihirsrivastava8472 11 месяцев назад

@@Augustus_Imperator This one is way bigger with a bigger heatsink for the same chip so the thermals will probably be much better

@Dino-Kupinic 11 месяцев назад

MacBook Pro?

@Augustus_Imperator 11 месяцев назад

@@Dino-Kupinic macbook air 13" M1 and M2, and Iinus said that the M2 was much worse than M1 with the thermaIs, he anaIyzed the 2 because both fanIess

@vinyfiny 11 месяцев назад

In what world is it reasonable to not expect a high refresh rate display at that price?

@ericpmoss 11 месяцев назад

Early in the video I thought you said “dual 35W charger”. I think it’s actually 35W total.

@bananaboy1026 8 месяцев назад

if you match the specs on the 13 inch and the 15 inch, the price difference is basically negligible

@safebet5841 11 месяцев назад

The problem for me is that you can only connect 1 external screen

@teg24601 11 месяцев назад

Officially. There are adapters to add more. But if you are using more than 2 screens total, you likely are doing something more professional, and would be better off with a Mini Pro or MacBook Pro 14.

@AlejandroLZuvic 11 месяцев назад

@@teg24601 I don't think you really know the meaning of "officially". You can connect only one external monitor period. Using DisplayLink or any other type of "virtual desktops" or similar is totally valid, but it's an aftermarket solution, nothing "officially or unofficially" about the number of displays it supports.

@teg24601 11 месяцев назад

@@AlejandroLZuvic I don’t think you understand English. One display is supported by the chip, and therefore “officially”. The other USB options are therefore “unofficial” options.

@thor.mukbang 11 месяцев назад

@@teg24601 There's no way to drive more than one external display without using an external chip like DisplayLink. The M1/M2 only has one physical chip for one external display.