

Personally I feel it is worth the upgrade It’s lighter, faster, better in performance in almost every aspect, a massive 50% boost in Bandwidth, 1080P Webcam, MagSafe, has more future updates from Apple,an edge over an Old M1, except the SSD issue again if you’re going to transfer 100s of GBs of files you want a pro machine and it’s not even noticeable in day to day usage.Īir M2 has its own form factor its portability and having significantly faster than M1. Second, things to consider before making purchase? Ask yourself what you’re going to do with the machine. OK… Firstly It all comes down to usage, It’s a fanless machine not targeted for pro users nd if your gonna push its limits why’d you get an AIR. People are complaining that swap is slower on the base M2, but users should not use swap as a cheaper option to RAM as it is very inefficient as RAM is >50X faster than swap.

As for the config, get 16GB/256GB and that will mean great performance on the M2 Air and future-proofing. This is at the limits, and any advantage in basic tasks id not as observable, though apps do open faster. The facts are the M2 is clearly better than the M1 by varying degrees. These unseen improvements include ML better by 40%, bandwidth by 50%, 40% faster RAM, faster random read and write NAND, brighter display, larger display colour gamut, better webcam, better efficiency cores, so in low-power mode, better battery life, etc. If you can afford the M2 Air then get it as the hidden improvements will be beneficial in the long run once software and macOS updates optimise for the M2. I could not recommend buying an 18-month-old tech over something new, other than if you do not have the budget for the newer one. MacBook Air M2 – 2 Months of Use REVIEW! (IT’S ALMOST PERFECT) 2022.08.26.Macbook Air M1 UNBOXING and REVIEW – 2020 2020.11.17.
