At 1:00 a.m. on June 7th, Beijing time, WWDC2022 will arrive as scheduled! iOS 16 brings functions such as custom lock screen, watchOS 9 introduces more personalized watch faces, medication apps, etc., to take care of users’ health more.
At this conference, Apple launched the second-generation self-developed chip M2 used on Macs. At the same time, it launched a new MacBook Air equipped with this chip and a MacBook Pro 13 that did not change the mold and only changed the chip.
Let me tell you the price first.The new MacBook Air starts at 9499 yuan (M2 + 8GB memory + 256GB storage),The MacBook Pro starts at 9999 yuan (M2 + 8GB memory + 256 storage. Note that the M2 here has more 2-core graphics processors than the MacBookAir’s M2). How about this price?
Reasonable and unexpected
The MacBook Air doesn’t bring too many surprises in terms of overall design, and even gives a sense of reason.
In fact, as early as a year or two ago, some media broke the news about the design of this product, such as Liu Haiping, colorful color matching, wireless charging interface, etc.
Judging from the products actually released by the official, it has not escaped this category in general – the confidentiality work is indeed getting worse and worse.
Let’s review the design of this product again, and you can also quickly understand it through the following picture.
The first is the overall appearance. The thickness of this product is about 11.3mm. What is the feeling of this? The official thickness of the iPhone 13 is 7.65mm, and the thickness of the iPad Air is 6.1mm.
That said, the MacBook Air is thinner than two iPad Airs stacked on top of each other. Note that this thickness should not count the foot pads.The weight is officially called 1.24kg, which is not much different from the previous M1 version (1.29kg).
In terms of color matching, in addition to the previous traditional silver and space gray, midnight and star colors have also been added. With that said, the gold of the previous generation is out. Which color do you prefer?
The screen adopts the design of Liu Haiping, and the border is narrower. The screen size is 13.6 inches Liquid Retina display, the size of the previous generation is 13.3 inches, which means that the field of view is larger. The screen brightness is 100 nits higher than the previous generation, reaching 500 nits, and the screen color has changed from “supporting tens of millions” in the past to “1 billion colors” now.
The camera specifications have been updated at the bangs of the screen, which has been upgraded from 720P to 1080P in the past, and the display is clearer. What’s more interesting is that the “character centering” function is not added to the MacBook Air this time. In this way, the next generation of upgrade ideas has again.
In terms of interfaces, the new MacBook Air supports MagSafe charging, is equipped with 2 Thunderbolt ports, and 1 headphone port.
The MagSafe charging port does not occupy the position of the Thunderbolt port, which is commendable. However, for many users at present, the two Thunderbolt ports should still be considered “chicken ribs”, and many devices still need to be connected externally, otherwise Lvlian will not be IPO. Cough cough!
M2 blessing, but don’t expect too much from it
At today’s WWDC, M2 finally ushered in an update. From the previous M1 to M1Pro, Max, Ultra, and finally upgraded to the second generation today!
How about this chip? Officials said that the M2 chip adopts an enhanced second-generation 5nm process, integrating more than 20 billion transistors, an increase of 25% compared with the M1…
The purpose of the various comparisons at the conference is to highlight that the performance of the M2 is much stronger than that of the M1, and it is also better than some 10-core CPUs on the market (from the small print in the lower right corner of the PPT,Comparing two machines with Intel i7-1255U and i7-1260P) with stronger performance and longer battery life. In terms of video editing, it supports 8K H.264/H.265 video, can play multiple 4K/8K videos at the same time, and can also display 6K externally.
Specifically, the M2 is mounted on the MacBook Air. The official said that if you use Final Cut Pro to edit complex timelines, the M2 chip can improve the performance of the MacBook Air by nearly 40% compared to the previous generation of the M1 version of the Air. Filters and filters can be applied in apps such as Photoshop. During special effects, the speed can be increased by up to 20%.
It should be noted that this MacBook Air continues the “fanless” passive cooling design of the previous generation.
“Thanks to the power efficiency of the M2 chip, the MacBook Air does everything in a quiet, fanless design.”
In fact, if it is used under heavy load for a short time, there is no problem, but if it is used under heavy load for a long time, it is easy to have problems. The well-known dismantling agency iFixit has previously expressed concerns about the fanless design of the MacBook Air. They believe that this cooling scheme may prolong the cooling time of the fuselage, and the stability of continuous output of high performance will be a hidden danger.
In Apple’s MacBook product line, the Air series has always been the main focus of light, thin and portable. Even with the addition of the M2 chip, Apple will not particularly “indulge” its performance. At the same time, people who consider buying Air are definitely not for performance. This also strikes a balance.
Do you owe your iPhone’s charging head to MacBook Air?
In addition to appearance and performance, what is more interesting is that this time Apple has launched a 35W dual USB-C port charging head. This charging head can charge two devices at the same time. Only 35W is enough for what? Now there are hundreds of mobile phone chargers! If I told you that the previous generation MacBook Air charging head was 30W, would it be a little more balanced? After all, it is really progress!
In other words, you can use this charging head to charge your MacBook Air at the same time as your iPhone. After all, Apple is also more “kind” and sympathizes with everyone’s contribution to environmental protection. Slow charge and torture each other…
To focus, from the official packaging content parameters, the dual USB-C port charging head is not equipped with every MacBook Air M2 version, but the M2 model with a 10-core graphics processor + 512GB version will be selected. . The product starts at 11,899 yuan. Of course, users can also choose to buy the charging head separately, and the retail price is about 399 yuan.
It’s worth mentioning that the MacBook Air supports fast charging for the first time, and if you use the optional 67W power adapter, you can charge it to 50% in just 30 minutes. Not too soon!
summary
From a global perspective, the future WWDC will not only be a developer event, but also a hardware enthusiast event.
Few people know that the WWDC many years ago often had hardware appearances. For example, the first WWDC launched the world’s first graphical interface computer AppleLisa, and the iPhone 4 was released at WWDC in 2010.
In the past two years, WWDC has obviously been “hard” a lot, and all of this started from Cook’s announcement in 2020 that the MacBook transitioned from Intel chips to M chips.
Apple’s extensive product line layout in recent years, the spring and autumn conferences have been unable to accommodate all hardware products, and the WWDC in the middle of the year has become a good “display window”. This year’s WWDC, the new M2 chip and the newly designed MacBook Air can be said to have dominated the limelight.
The new MacBook Air shows that Apple does not want to give up the idea of the product line, but wants to continue to develop the series. MacBook Air is undoubtedly one of the best choices for many users who are looking for a thin and light budget.
Of course, there are many surprises such as macOS Ventura preview, iOS16, iPadOS, etc. at this conference. We have limited energy, so let’s share so much first! At the same time, I wish the college entrance examination students good luck. After all, compared to the retail price, educational discounts are still quite fragrant!
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