MacBook Air M2 Sneak Peek: A Pretty Midnight
Like other early customers, we have just received the MacBook Air M2s that we ordered from the Apple Store. Ahead of our formal test, here’s a quick look at this highly anticipated new laptop.
If you missed it, the design of the MacBook Air M2 changes completely. It no longer has a tapered profile, its thickness is everywhere the same. In fact, it’s simply a scaled down version of the MacBook Pro M1 Pro/Max released last year.
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The notch at the top of the screen of course supports the likeness. If aesthetically it is still debated, it is part of the reduction of the edges around the screen. The panel is thus a little larger (13.6 “instead of 13.3” on the M1) while the dimensions of the laptop itself are still retained.
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The weight loss compared to the MacBook Air M1 is minimal (1.24 kg against 1.29), we hardly notice it when we lift the new generation. What is much more noticeable is, if we have made this choice, the new midnight and starlight colors. Starlight is a very subtle gold, which can change to light gray or the opposite to light copper depending on the light.
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The midnight color varies from black to metallic blue to dark gray. It is, in my opinion, quite pretty and brings a serious aspect that we did not know about the MacBook Air, but beware of fingerprints, this dark finish makes it much more revealed than the others. Provide a rag, or the rag, if you want to keep a clean Mac. Otherwise, silver and space gray colors are still available.
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See you next week for the full test of this MacBook Air M2.