M2 MacBook Air — A Pragmatic Look, First Impressions

A mile zero review of Apple’s new MacBook Air. No bullshit. Straight-up, what I saw is what you get…

No benchmarks. No nonsense. Nothing speculative. Just straight-up, no bullshit, first-hand thoughts. From unboxing to migrating to the new machine. All in a well-condensed article because the least I can do, is save you some time and some money by being frank about Apple’s new laptop. You’ll be making the decision, free will is still a thing, but this — and a few subsequent articles — are going to help you with that. Don’t judge a book by its cover, and while that may still hold true, one definitely has to judge a MacBook by its cover and everything else, so let’s get to it.

Unreliable Postal Service, aka UPS, finally managed to deliver — a day late — my new mid-tier M2 MacBook Air. Most of ye interested in benchmarks already know the story. It’s a faster chip. Stating the obvious at this point, year after year, just feels tired and uninteresting. I have seen a gazillion videos from all the reputable reviewers out there wanking to benchmarks while the rest of the world was waiting for them to get to the point — is it any good?

As radically changed the device’s design is, the packaging is pretty standard, and I have got to the point where I…