MacBook Air M2 (2022) — Review

The new processor wants to be the worthy successor and heir to the first generation of Apple Silicon.

Juan Cienfuegos
Mac O’Clock

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Picture courtesy of the author.

We are all wondering if the innovations offered by this new product are enough to consider buying this MacBook Air. After all, it is not a cheap product, and we are facing the highest inflation in the last 40 years, so… every penny counts.

Today, we’re going to review the midnight MacBook Air M2.

You know…I used to make very long and detailed reviews, but now I’m changing my style a little bit. I want to make them light and smooth, so you can enjoy reading and get exactly what you want. I hope you enjoy it.

Let’s start with the design.

This new MacBook Air M2 redefines its design and looks a lot like the MacBook Pros. The screen is a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina for the first time, thank God, and the brightness is a little more intense, it doesn’t exceed 1000 nits [500 is the limit], nor does it have ProMotion, but its resolution is extraordinary.

Do you know what I like about this design? It looks sturdy but when you pick it up it’s light. It is still made of aluminum and weighs only 1.24 kg. It is lighter than my MacBook Air M1! And its thickness is 1.13 cm, to give you an idea the thickness of the…

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Juan Cienfuegos
Mac O’Clock

Senior Personal Tech Columnist | Host of BitCorner Podcast. El Salvador's first Bitcoin-only podcast. Engineer.