WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:05.700 this is a MacBook Air M1 it's an 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:08.940 interesting color I would call this more of a salmon than like a rose gold or 00:00:07.319 --> 00:00:12.960 anything this is the old style chassis you got the wedge you got two ports on 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:20.400 the side here I think you got nothing over here aside from a headphone jack yep and it's the same old MacBook Air we 00:00:18.060 --> 00:00:22.640 all know and perhaps love what I have in here 00:00:22.740 --> 00:00:29.760 brand new M2 MacBook Air for whatever reason we 00:00:27.900 --> 00:00:34.920 still have it in a shipping box so I'm just gonna get this out of here what how 00:00:32.279 --> 00:00:39.420 does this even work oh okay oh yeah it's one of these fancy Apple 00:00:36.780 --> 00:00:43.620 shipping boxes it is a big L most MacBooks you just see the 00:00:41.940 --> 00:00:46.860 front of it but the MacBook Air they've always shown the side profiles to show 00:00:45.180 --> 00:00:50.879 how thin it is and I guess in this case they've chosen it open to show that it's 00:00:49.620 --> 00:00:55.980 even thinner because it has to be thinner than the last gen every time except I don't think it is this time on 00:00:54.539 --> 00:01:01.020 the back of the box we can see that we have a base model spec I believe this is 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:06.360 eight gigs of unified memory with a 256 gig SSD so this is going to be slow by 00:01:03.239 --> 00:01:09.360 comparison to the 512 or higher SSD 8 00:01:06.360 --> 00:01:11.640 core CPU and 8 core GPU so I think the 00:01:09.360 --> 00:01:16.380 higher spec version has a 10 core GPU if I'm not mistaken and that's about all 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:20.939 you got on the back of the box just like with the MacBook Pro I don't 00:01:18.540 --> 00:01:26.759 think you'll find M2 listed anywhere on the back of this box 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:29.159 Apple stop okay here let's do a 00:01:26.759 --> 00:01:33.240 a peel of sorts yeah there we go man I said there was 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:37.799 something in the air there's also grass in the air I'm allergic to grass so if 00:01:35.340 --> 00:01:42.780 I'm a little loopy or that's why here we go this is the oh this is the the new 00:01:40.619 --> 00:01:47.759 like midnight black is that what it's called Midnight that is black like for 00:01:45.240 --> 00:01:52.460 comparison that's space gray if you like black laptops you're gonna love this 00:01:50.220 --> 00:01:58.020 they are very similar in terms of size that's interesting the feet I think help 00:01:55.380 --> 00:02:02.219 give it more height it rests the same height so the the lids are about the 00:02:00.119 --> 00:02:07.979 same height off of the desk but uh the area is thinner along with our two 00:02:04.619 --> 00:02:09.899 Thunderbolt 4 ports we have magsafe 00:02:07.979 --> 00:02:15.420 which is something you don't get on the M2 Pro you can actually get better 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:17.040 expansion out of the M2 air simply 00:02:15.420 --> 00:02:21.120 because you don't have to plug in a charger or a power delivery capable dock 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:24.599 which is a nice feature and on the other side we just have that headphone jack 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:28.620 which I think is high impedance I'm not entirely sure and I mean that's really 00:02:26.640 --> 00:02:32.160 all there is to the MacBooks exterior like oh there there's a little bit of 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:35.580 Engraving there you can see for the uh I guess the model and serial number one of 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:39.959 the things that makes the new Air stand out from the old air is the old Air had 00:02:37.620 --> 00:02:42.959 that wedge shape whereas the new one is entirely flat let's take a look at the 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:48.540 keyboard and I know it's going to power on yeah 00:02:46.140 --> 00:02:52.200 oh but it looks so good like this colorway look at it there is a touch ID 00:02:50.280 --> 00:02:58.739 sensor for your fingerprint the keys themselves I think they're the same Keys 00:02:54.780 --> 00:03:00.720 you would find on this 14 inch pro 00:02:58.739 --> 00:03:03.840 they feel pretty much the same if you would like to learn how to use 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:07.980 voiceovers stop well wait for this to set up let's get 00:03:05.700 --> 00:03:12.000 into the rest of the box here because I kind of Dove right in on the laptop so 00:03:10.019 --> 00:03:15.980 we've got this here charger this is a 30 watt charger probably make this smaller 00:03:13.980 --> 00:03:21.540 with the correct gallium nitride Arrangement this is mag safe it's 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:26.220 supposed to not tangle as much with what with the braiding and all but it kind of 00:03:23.640 --> 00:03:32.000 angled on me it's kind of amazing how shallow the current gen magsafe is 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:37.019 that is a perfect match and of course it's 00:03:35.040 --> 00:03:40.560 magsafe so why does it do dark mode out of the box 00:03:38.940 --> 00:03:44.760 it knows what model this is it should know what color it is too there we go 00:03:42.480 --> 00:03:47.640 now it matches I think the air is a little bit brighter it could just be 00:03:45.900 --> 00:03:52.920 that the screen is actually just bigger which is a huge advantage to the MacBook 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:59.519 Air compared to the MacBook Pro the the bezel sorry I got sidetracked with the 00:03:56.700 --> 00:04:04.620 universal control feature well what was I saying um Benadryl the MacBook Air has 00:04:02.519 --> 00:04:09.840 a 13.6 inch screen whereas the MacBook Pro has a 13.3 inch screen there's much 00:04:07.739 --> 00:04:13.920 less bezel around the edges you do have the notch but you get this extra screen 00:04:11.819 --> 00:04:19.320 real estate up here for free plus you don't have the menu bar in that viewable 00:04:15.659 --> 00:04:22.919 area on the pro on the air 2560 by 1600 00:04:19.320 --> 00:04:26.580 on this guy 2560 by 1664 on this guy 00:04:22.919 --> 00:04:29.520 those extra 64 pixels are the menu bar 00:04:26.580 --> 00:04:34.620 at the top Pros display is srgb whereas this one is DCI P3 do you see that 00:04:31.979 --> 00:04:38.759 stuttering on the MacBook Pro yeah you're right this looks like yeah yeah 00:04:37.320 --> 00:04:42.419 this looks really bad it's not running in 60 FPS god what the hell is wrong 00:04:41.220 --> 00:04:46.800 with this thing for a minute I was convinced that the MacBook Air had 120 00:04:44.580 --> 00:04:50.820 hertz panel the reason being the MacBook Pro is stuttering and I have no idea why 00:04:49.259 --> 00:04:55.500 now this battery is not fully charged it's at like 25 there's nothing going on 00:04:53.699 --> 00:04:58.919 in activity monitor they both have the same 00:04:56.699 --> 00:05:03.900 brightness setup right now I don't know kind of ridiculous for an Apple device 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:08.160 you never get that the UFO test still thinks that it's 60 00:05:05.940 --> 00:05:12.360 hertz over here too but it is it is definitely 60 hertz over here supposedly 00:05:10.500 --> 00:05:18.720 these have the same color spaces given the the billion color uh claim but the 00:05:15.479 --> 00:05:20.840 xdr obviously is xdr this is just a flat 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:26.220 display okay let's get the uh M1 MacBook Air 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:31.519 opened up here I mean we have to test the speakers of course 00:05:32.039 --> 00:05:38.940 it's actually really good 00:05:38.940 --> 00:05:45.900 interesting it seems like it's more balanced it's pretty good 400 nits 500 00:05:44.400 --> 00:05:49.800 nits of course you're still not getting that HDR I wonder what dbrand is going 00:05:48.300 --> 00:05:53.039 to do with the new MacBooks thanks to dbrand for sponsoring this video they 00:05:51.479 --> 00:05:58.319 sent over some special skins that they're only going to be oh limit 00:05:55.380 --> 00:06:00.740 limited time oh my God is this actually a product 00:06:01.020 --> 00:06:08.520 book 2022 M2 oh my God it's Greg book 00:06:06.300 --> 00:06:13.440 you asked for this we don't know why while watching WWDC we had two questions 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:18.720 for Apple what the hell are you doing with these Transitions and how can we 00:06:15.479 --> 00:06:20.340 profit off them typical dbrand they can 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:23.819 only answer one of these questions and it's by turning Craig into an M2 MacBook 00:06:22.860 --> 00:06:28.860 skin Jesus I'm I'm not surprised I'm sorry dbrand 00:06:27.780 --> 00:06:35.220 you told me to be surprised I'm not surprised this is is normal for you now if you guys are 00:06:32.520 --> 00:06:39.600 crazy like the people at dbrand go to dbrand.com craigbook and buy this I 00:06:38.819 --> 00:06:44.940 guess or don't you can buy other dbrand skins that are less ugly but apparently they 00:06:42.960 --> 00:06:51.120 want you to buy this one so buy this one just do it okay I guess next we'll do a 00:06:48.780 --> 00:06:56.099 webcam test I believe this is using a 720p whereas this is a 1080p FaceTime 00:06:54.419 --> 00:07:01.080 camera comparing the webcam between these two it looks like the 1080p 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:04.800 FaceTime camera is an upgrade over the 720p but it's not as big an upgrade as 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:10.340 you might think it is the image processing is very similar on both 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:15.060 um wait okay yeah we're looking at different 00:07:11.819 --> 00:07:17.880 walls Benadryl it's surprising how good 00:07:15.060 --> 00:07:22.500 the signal processing is on the Apple silicon platform it's just really good 00:07:19.860 --> 00:07:27.479 this is the elephant in the room when it comes to the new Macbook Air this 00:07:24.060 --> 00:07:30.900 MacBook Air M1 has a 256 gig SSD this 00:07:27.479 --> 00:07:32.400 MacBook Air M2 has a 256 gig SSD what 00:07:30.900 --> 00:07:38.699 Apple did was they switched from having a multi-chip to having a single chip SSD 00:07:35.699 --> 00:07:40.979 for the same capacity at 256 gigs and 00:07:38.699 --> 00:07:48.120 you can see already that our performance is not super amazing we've got 3387 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:51.720 megabytes per second read sequential on 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:53.599 the M1 pretty much exactly half that a 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:59.039 little bit more than half that on the M2 these speeds are still very high now it 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:03.720 looks like the random reads I think that's Q depth one is pretty close 00:08:00.900 --> 00:08:07.560 that's a good sign for General usability and that's probably why Apple felt that 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:11.940 it was okay to do this actually it looks like the M2 is a little bit faster than 00:08:09.900 --> 00:08:15.000 the M1 in terms of random rights and that might make a little bit of sense 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:19.440 that storage controller might actually be a little more capable if you're going 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:23.280 to buy a MacBook Air I would suggest buying the upper end model versus the 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:26.940 base model because the upper end model I think comes with a 512 gig SSD which 00:08:25.259 --> 00:08:30.960 would be faster and it comes with those extra GPU cores which are definitely 00:08:28.919 --> 00:08:35.219 faster and the better charger just upgrading the storage alone is a 200 00:08:32.580 --> 00:08:38.820 upgrade on the Us website that makes it a no-brainer to get the higher end model 00:08:37.260 --> 00:08:43.740 straight up like why would you buy the base model Creative Cloud alone 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:49.200 we'll take a big chunk of that as will xcode as will Final Cut and that all 00:08:47.100 --> 00:08:53.820 adds up I I would prefer the extra room afforded by a 512 gig SSD personally you 00:08:51.720 --> 00:08:57.779 can also get a one terabyte or two terabyte SSD as well instead of just the 00:08:55.800 --> 00:09:03.360 512 I would probably upgrade the memory personally eight gigs is not a lot 16 00:09:00.180 --> 00:09:06.019 should be standard okay let's grab 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:11.459 the M2 Pro as well three two one 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:17.040 obviously we know that the M2 equipped Pro is slower than the M1 Pro equipped 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:22.440 MacBook Pro it should be faster than the M1 equipped MacBook Air as it was then 00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:25.140 the N1 equipped MacBook Pro honestly I don't know why they couldn't fit a fan 00:09:23.760 --> 00:09:30.180 into the MacBook Air like a tiny little fan I guess they just didn't want the whiny noise it already looks like 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:33.959 cinebench is going to complete in a very similar time frame in any situation 00:09:31.980 --> 00:09:39.360 where you're not racing to sleep the M2 air is going to be just as fast as the 00:09:36.660 --> 00:09:43.860 M2 Pro I don't understand why this exists yeah I'm looking at the pricing 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:48.180 here for the base model MacBook Pro 13. it's a little more expensive than the 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:51.180 base model MacBook Air but you do get 00:09:48.180 --> 00:09:52.560 that 10 core GPU and you get a fan and 00:09:51.180 --> 00:09:57.060 the touch bar if you care about that which are the only real upgrades you're 00:09:54.360 --> 00:10:02.339 getting over the MacBook Air for the upgraded MacBook Air you're looking at 00:09:58.920 --> 00:10:06.779 14.99 and to get the same upgrade you're 00:10:02.339 --> 00:10:10.500 looking at 14.99 for the MacBook Pro 00:10:06.779 --> 00:10:13.380 why so for the pro you're getting 00:10:10.500 --> 00:10:17.040 a fan the touch bar at the expense of the function keys which are full height 00:10:15.060 --> 00:10:20.339 this time instead of these half height things on the old errors and you're 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:23.459 getting a slightly better battery I like the air a lot better than I like the pro 00:10:21.779 --> 00:10:27.120 and if you're already looking at buying a Macbook I would say buying MacBook Air 00:10:25.140 --> 00:10:31.019 instead of the MacBook Pro at least for the 13 inch model with that being said I 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:34.680 guess now we take it apart maybe I'll end up breaking it wouldn't 00:10:32.940 --> 00:10:38.889 that be great I've got a body count going you know 00:10:39.000 --> 00:10:41.779 picks 00:10:43.579 --> 00:10:48.600 oh this is always really annoying 00:10:46.980 --> 00:10:53.880 getting this to move okay so I think it pulls this way 00:10:51.779 --> 00:11:00.660 there we go four screws battery a force touch track 00:10:56.880 --> 00:11:02.519 pad okay there's our speakers 00:11:00.660 --> 00:11:06.839 those speakers are actually larger than I expected they would be it's not as 00:11:04.860 --> 00:11:10.680 held down as I would expect for an Apple device I think this is all mostly 00:11:08.760 --> 00:11:14.640 heatsink to be honest with graphite tape yeah one thing that 00:11:13.140 --> 00:11:18.300 I've always really liked about Apple's designs is that they've always gone out 00:11:16.560 --> 00:11:22.320 of their way to make the internal look nice even though they don't expect or 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:25.260 want anybody to ever look at it neat well I'm not going to take the battery 00:11:23.820 --> 00:11:31.079 out or the cooler off because we're gonna have to test The Thermals and everything on this later I've seen 00:11:29.100 --> 00:11:35.100 people ask me like oh well you opened it up you disturbed The Thermals 00:11:33.420 --> 00:11:40.140 oh engage those clips 00:11:38.040 --> 00:11:45.860 oh oh 00:11:41.700 --> 00:11:45.860 I tore a big strip off my thumb 00:11:50.060 --> 00:11:55.860 well if you liked this uh injurious uh 00:11:53.940 --> 00:12:00.300 ShortCircuit uh hit like and get subscribed make sure you check out some 00:11:58.920 --> 00:12:04.680 more of them there are plenty of them not all of them contain Grievous 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