I’ve had the M2 MBA for a few weeks now. Midnight Blue 24 GB RAM, 1 TB HD, maxed out essentially. I’ve owned almost every Apple laptop ever made. I used to run a Website that covered the history of Apple laptops. I also use to buy and sell used Apple laptops, take them apart, mod them, etc.
My favorite Apple laptop of all time was the Wallstreet PowerBook. Now, the MBA M2 has taken the crown. My 14″ MBP M1 is collecting dust as I continue to reach for and extensively use the MBA. Here are my reasons as to why the MBA M2 is the best laptop Apple has ever made:
- Thin and light beyond thin and light: this is effectively the thinnest and lightest laptop Apple has ever made (yes the smaller netbook MBA is an exception). I can’t stress enough what this brings to the user experience. It’s like an iPad in a way, but a full and powerful laptop. This is one major and significant factor of why the M2 MBA is such a good laptop.
- It looks really good, especially the midnight blue (subjective I know).
- The keyboard is very good and isn’t compromised over the MBPs.
- The screen is very good, and this is coming from a user of a 14″ MBP with a mini-LED display. I honestly don’t notice much difference when I use the M2 MBA over the 14″ MBP. They really improved the screen over the M1 MBA.
- It’s very fast. The M2 is really a solid performer and I notice no speed differences between the M2 MBA and the 14″ MBP.
- Best battery life this side of Texas. I’m getting over 10 hours consistently, in low power mode I may even reach 12 hours.
- It doesn’t heat up much, and yet still manages to deliver power.
Things I don’t like: notch (hate it) and the speaker quality isn’t great but ok.
Apple has delivered an extremely light and thin and small laptop with little compromise on usability or power. Sing it with me: