The M2 version of MacBook Air will be booked tonight and will be officially released on 15. Prior to this, the release time of Air has been pending. Now Apple has finally announced that it will accept orders from 8: 00 pm on July 8, and the M2 version of MacBook Air will be booked tonight, and 15 will be officially released.
The MacBook Air version will be booked tonight and will be officially released on June 5438+05. Apple officially announced in official website that the MacBook Air with M2 chip will be booked on July 8th, and will be officially released and shipped on July15th.
According to the official mall, at present, each consumer is still limited to two sets, providing two versions of 13 inch M2 chip 8+256GB 8 nuclear display and 13 inch M2 chip 8+5 12GB 10 nuclear display. The price starts at 9499 yuan.
Although the price is higher than the M 1 version, the new MacBook Air has brought a huge upgrade in design and performance.
First of all, in terms of appearance, the screen is upgraded to 13.6-inch Liu Haiping, the brightness can reach 500nit, the border is narrower, and the front camera is upgraded to 1080p.
The thickness of the whole machine is only 1 1.3mm, the weight is 2.7 pounds, and the volume is reduced by 20%. Just like the name of air, it is very light and portable.
However, in terms of performance, Apple did not compromise because it was thin.
The new model is equipped with the latest generation of self-developed M2 chip and the second generation of 5 nm manufacturing process, with 20 billion transistors, 25% more than M 1 chip. Supports up to 24GB of LPDDR5 unified memory, four high-performance cores and four high-performance cores.
At the same time, the chip supports 100GB/s unified memory bandwidth. The number of neural engines has also reached1.58 billion, 40% more than M 1, which is almost an all-round upgrade.
In addition, in this generation, the MagSafe charging interface has also returned, with a maximum charge of 67W, and the whole machine is fully charged 18 hours.
Apple offered four colors this time, namely silver, dark gray, gold and dark blue.
Will you buy this M2 MacBook Air?
MacBook Air M2 is scheduled to be released tonight, and will be officially released on June 5438+05. Apple held the WWDC2022 conference at the beginning of last month, and released two versions of MacBook Air 13 inch and MacBook Pro 13 inch with M2 chip. Pro was officially listed on the 24th of last month. Prior to this, the release time of Air is still pending. Now Apple has finally announced that it will accept orders from 8: 00 pm on July 8, and it will officially go on sale in July 15.
According to official information, the MacBook Air will adopt a brand-new design language, abandon the previous thick frame, and adopt the same bangs screen design as the MacBook Pro 14-inch version and 16-inch version to shorten the size of the surrounding frame. At the same time, the previously abandoned Magsafe interface is re-enabled, which brings the advantage that the notebook accidentally touches the wire and will not be pulled by the wire because of the insertion problem of the interface.
In the fuselage design, the previous wedge-shaped appearance is no longer used. The new model adopts a more square all-aluminum metal integrated design. From the visual effect, this design is slightly heavier, not as light as the wedge design. The former gives people the impression of floating around the desktop, creating a lighter visual difference for users. Although it looks much heavier, the new design is actually 20% smaller than the previous generation and lighter than the wedge design.
In addition, M2 will adopt two specifications this time, namely 8-core GPU version and 10-core GPU version. Compared with the 8-core GPU of M 1, the performance of M2 8-core version is improved by 10%, while that of 10-core version is improved by 35%. Compared with M 1, the overall energy consumption of M2 has not improved, and it is also composed of four high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores, but the performance of M2 has increased by 18% year-on-year.
M2 also uses a neural engine with the core of 16, which can handle 15.8 trillion operations per second, 40% faster than the neural engine of M 1, and the memory speed is increased from 68GB/s of M 1 to 100GB/s, and the supported memory is also increased from 60 GB/s.
However, it is worth noting that the M2 version of MacBook Pro has the problem of slow solid-state drive. This is because compared with the M 1 version of MacBook Pro, the M2 version of 256G has only one NAND flash memory, which is 50% slower than the two flash memories of the M 1 version, and Apple has not responded to this question at present. However, as long as you upgrade to the 5 12G version, there will be no such problem, so it is not clear whether the M2 version of MacBook Air will also have this problem.
In addition to the performance improvement, M2' s MacBook Air will support fast charging for the first time. It can be equipped with a power adapter up to 67W, which can charge 50% of the power in just 30 minutes. In addition, the front camera has also been upgraded, equipped with a brand-new 1080P FaceTime high-definition camera, equipped with a larger size and more effective pixels, and the resolution is twice that of the previous generation camera.
At present, official website not only provides classic silver and deep gray, but also brings two new color schemes: midnight color and starlight color. Only apples can understand that the color is true.
The M2 version of MacBook Air will be booked tonight and will be officially released on June 5438+05. Apple announced that the MacBook Air equipped with M2 chip will be accepted for booking from 8: 00 pm on Friday, July 8th, Beijing time, and will be officially released on July15th.
According to the official introduction, the MacBook Air has a brand-new slim design, four elegant appearances, a wider 13.6-inch LCD retina display, and a 1080p HD camera, which supports MagSafe charging and more powerful functions.
MacBook Air with M2 chip starts at 9499 yuan, and education discount starts at 8749 yuan.
MacBook Air can choose 8-core GPU and 10-core GPU version M2 chip, the latter needs 900 yuan or above; Optional 16GB, 24GB memory, plus 8GB memory requires 1500 yuan; SSD can be selected from 256GB to 2TB, plus 256GB to 1500 yuan to 5 12GB. Full blood M2+ 16GB memory +5 12GB SSD price 13399 yuan.
In terms of design, Apple said that the MacBook Air has adopted a brand-new design, and every angle is extremely slim. The thickness of the fuselage is only 1 1.3 mm, and the weight is only 2.7 pounds (about 1.22 kg), and it is designed with all-aluminum metal. Compared with the previous generation, the fuselage volume has been reduced by 20%.
The new MacBook Air still uses a fanless design to achieve all functions.
In terms of configuration, in addition to silver and deep gray, MacBook Air has two new appearances: midnight color and starlight color.
In terms of interface, MagSafe returns to the MacBook Air, and at the same time, it can be quickly disconnected when the connected charging cable is accidentally pulled off, protecting the MacBook Air. The MacBook Air is also equipped with two thunderbolt ports for connecting several accessories and a 3.5mm audio jack for connecting high-impedance headphones. In addition, the smart keyboard is equipped with a full-height function key row, with a touch ID and an industry-leading wide dynamic touchpad.
On the screen side, the new MacBook Air is equipped with a 13.6-inch LCD retina display. The screen area is closer to the edge and extends upward around the camera to make room for the menu bar. This design makes the screen area larger and the border narrower. 500 nits brightness, making the brightness of the display screen 25% higher than before. In addition, the new display now supports 65.438+billion colors.
MacBook Air's new 1080p FaceTime high-definition camera is equipped with larger photosensitive elements, more effective pixels, twice the resolution of the previous generation camera and better low-light performance.
In terms of sound, the MacBook Air is also equipped with a four-speaker sound system. To achieve a slim design. Three-microphone array uses advanced beamforming algorithm to capture clear sound, while speakers can bring excellent stereo separation and clear sound. MacBook Air also supports spatial audio, which can bring an immersive audio-visual experience when playing music and movies that support Dolby panoramic sound.
In terms of performance, Apple gave the performance of the MacBook Air in the following workflows:
When dealing with heavy tasks, such as editing a complicated timeline with Final Cut Pro, M2 chip can improve the performance of MacBook Air by nearly 40%, and the processing speed can be increased by up to 15 times for customers who have not upgraded to Apple chip before.
When applying filters and special effects in apps such as Photoshop, the speed can be increased by up to 20%, and for customers who have not upgraded to Apple chips before, the speed can be increased by up to 5 times.
In terms of battery life, Apple said that while the display screen is larger and the performance is stronger, the MacBook Air can guarantee the same excellent battery life as before, meet the needs of the whole day, and provide the longest video playback time of 18 hours.
Finally, the new 35W compact power adapter provides two USB-C ports, so users can charge two devices at the same time. MacBook Air supports fast charging for the first time. If you use the optional 67W power adapter, you can charge 50% of the power in 30 minutes.